sindensis, Hemirhamphus Regan [C. T.] 1905:318 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 16; ref. 15386] Karachi, Pakistan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.11.18.48. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. See Coad 1991:26 [ref. 15702]. •Valid as Hyporhamphus sindensis (Regan 1905) -- (Parin et al. 1980:37 [ref. 6895], Randall 1995:89 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:130 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Collette 2004:11 [ref. 27583], Psomadakis et al. 2015:178 [ref. 34104], Eagderi et al. 2019:23 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:66 [ref. 36871], Collette 2022:363 [ref. 39718], Zajonz et al. 2022:60 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Hyporhamphus sindensis (Regan 1905). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen) and Persian Gulf east to Pakistan and southwest coast of India. Habitat: marine.