naos, Hyporhamphus Banford [H. M.] & Collette [B. B.] 2001:41, Fig. 1 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 49 (Suppl. 1); ref. 25778] Punta Chame, Gulf of Panama. Holotype: USNM 361382. Paratypes: CAS 6223 (2), 6886 (3), 16490 (4), 72862-63 (9, 10); SIO 50-252 (5), H52-349 (5), 63-477 (25); CAS-SU 56833 (10); USNM 29175 (10), 54521(4), 79667 (4), 82071 (3), 188879-81 (20, 12, 7), 266358 (5), 361383 (2). •Valid as Hyporhamphus naos Banford & Collette 2001 -- (Collette 2003:1142 [ref. 26981], Collette 2004:9 [ref. 27583], Nelson et al. 2004:101 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:66 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Banford 2010:347 [ref. 31088], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:236 [ref. 36362], Kells et al. 2016:118 [ref. 35888], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:89 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:95 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:149 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hyporhamphus naos Banford & Collette 2001. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.