Species that contain: Hemiramphus and affinis [ 4 ] records

affinis, Hemirhamphus Günther [A.] 1866:267 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] [South Seas] South Pacific. Lectotype: BMNH 2012.11.10.3. Paralectotypes: BMNH 2012.11.10.4 (1). Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. Lectotype selected by Collette 1974:86 [ref. 12930]. •Valid as Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866) -- (Collette 1974:84 [ref. 1293], Parin et al. 1980:73 [ref. 6895], Collette 1982:720 [ref. 12729], Dor 1984:62 [ref. 29757], Collette & Su 1986:276 [ref. 5998], Collette 1986:390 [ref. 5647], Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:337 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:15 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:16 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Myers 1999:77 [ref. 23965], Collette 1999:2194 [ref. 24785], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:61 [ref. 26753], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Collette 2004:6 [ref. 27583], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:83 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:735 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2007:69 [ref. 29533], Fricke et al. 2011:371 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:163 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:69 [ref. 32988], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:104 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:42 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:79 [ref. 36673], Bariche & Fricke 2020:118 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:338 [ref. 37272], Golani 2021:32 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:53 [ref. 39014], Collette 2022:365 [ref. 39718]). Current status: Valid as Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Philippines, south to northwestern Australia and New Caledonia; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

australensis, Hemiramphus Seale [A.] 1906:12, Fig. 2 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3999] Tubuai, Austral Islands [Tubuai Islands], French Polynesia. Holotype (unique): BPBM 746. •Synonym of Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866) -- (Parin et al. 1980:73 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:276 [ref. 5998], Collette 2004:6 [ref. 27583], Randall 2005:83 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

delagoae, Hemirhamphus (Hyporhamphus) Barnard [K. H.] 1925:498 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 56); ref. 12730] Delagoa Bay, southeastern Mozambique. Lectotype: SAM 12303. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.13 [ex SAM] (1). Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. Smith 1933 [ref. 12731] gives SAM 12303 as "Holotype"; this specimen is designated as lectotype by Collette 1982:720 [ref. 12729]. •Synonym of Hemirhamphus affinis Günther 1866. Not H. delagoae as treated by Parin et al. 1980:40 [ref. 6895] [= Hyporhamphus improvisus Smith 1933] (see Collette 1982 [ref. 12729]). •Synonym of Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866) -- (Collette 1986:390 [ref. 5647], Collette 2004:6 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

dussumieri, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:33, Pl. 554 [not 520] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Seychelles. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-1063. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7969 (1) Indonesia. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:16 [ref. 22813] with a holotype but 3 localities were provided [does not establish a lectotype]. •Synonym of Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther 1866) -- (Dor 1984:62 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Collette 1974:86 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:83 [ref. 6895], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:79 [ref. 6441], Collette & Su 1986:279 [ref. 5998], Paxton et al. 1989:337 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:57 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:64 [ref. 23929], Chen et al. 1997:25 [ref. 26476] dated 1846, Kuiter 1997:52 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:57 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:77 [ref. 23965], Collette 1999:2189 [ref. 24785], Nakabo 2000:551 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:137 [ref. 25191], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:551 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495] dated 1846, Collette 2004:7 [ref. 27583], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624] dated 1846, Randall 2005:84 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:736 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:371 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:163 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:69 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:39 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:105 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:79 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:339 [ref. 37272], Akaike et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38809], Collette 2022:366 [ref. 39718]). Current status: Valid as Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1847). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, Seychelles and Maldives east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands and Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.