macrochirus, Hemirhamphus Poey [F.] 1860:299 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Lectotype: MCZ 693. Paralectotypes: ?USNM 4748 (specimen of H. brasiliensis and does not match original description). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1992:9 [ref. 19410]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. Lectotype selected by Collette 1965:223 [ref. 13343]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821 -- (Collette 1965:221 [ref. 13343], Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette & Parin 1990:580 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.