kurumeus, Hyporhamphus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1903:534, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 26 (no. 1319); ref. 10663] Chikugo River, Kurume, Kiusiu Island, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 7126. Paratypes: ANSP 29486-99 [ex SU] (14); BMNH 1905.2.4.206-214 (11); CAS 44153 [ex IU 10648] (9); CAS-SU 7155 (22); USNM 50742 (13), 217417 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:52 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:102 [ref. 13621], Collette et al. 1992:9 [ref. 19410]. •Valid as Hemiramphus kurumeus (Jordan & Starks 1903) -- (Okada 1961:601 [ref. 6363], Zheng 1989:294 [ref. 21202] as Hemirhamphus, Zhuo in Ding 1994:497 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:163 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:224 [ref. 26385] as Hemirhamphus). •Synonym of Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor 1842) -- (Parin et al. 1980:50 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:262 [ref. 5998], Kim 1997:573 [ref. 24032], Choi et al. 2003:549 [ref. 26218], Collette 2004:8 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor 1842). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.