helleri, Sphyraena Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:387, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 (1899); ref. 2340] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 49692. See Randall 1995:367 [ref. 22896]. •Status uncertain -- (de Sylva 1975:82 [ref. 6302]). •Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611]). •Valid as Sphyraena helleri Jenkins 1901 -- (Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Randall et al. 1990:292 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:292 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:276 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:29 [ref. 25829], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1337 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Senou 2001:3693 [ref. 26303], Nakabo 2002:1337 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:607 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:498 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1750 [ref. 29049], Randall 2007:442 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1038 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Fricke et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36673], Morishita & Motomura 2020:546 [ref. 37508], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:248 [ref. 40160], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena helleri Jenkins 1901. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.); eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.