brevirostris, Macrognathus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:148 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian and American oceans. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.115 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:215 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Wheeler 1958:215 [ref. 13434], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.