obesus, Hemirhamphus Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:64 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:24 [ref. 22813]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin et al. 1980:134 [ref. 6895] with question, Collette & Su 1986:254 [ref. 5998], Collette 1986:389 [ref. 5647], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.