Species that contain: Zenarchopterus and buffonis [ 2 ] records

buffonis, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:48 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Pulao-Pinang, Malaysia. Lectotype: MNHN B-1076. Paralectotypes: MNHN 2013-1198 (5), B-2186 [not B-2184] (3). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:15 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype selected by Kottelat 2013:296 [ref. 32989]. •Valid as Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Collette 1974:92 [ref. 12930], Collette 1982:265 [ref. 5497], Collette & Su 1986:289 [ref. 5998], Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:339 [ref. 12442], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:736 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:87 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:244 [ref. 23210], Rainboth 1996:173 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:350 [ref. 23967], Kottelat & Lim 1999:1097 [ref. 25899], Myers 1999:78 [ref. 23965], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Collette 2004:20 [ref. 27583], Paxton et al. 2006:738 [ref. 28994], Shibukawa 2009:49 [ref. 30449], Larson et al. 2013:70 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:296 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:39 [ref. 33932], Pusey et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35250], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 11 [ref. 38321], Taki et al. 2021:331 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes 1847). Zenarchopteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cirrhatus, Hemirhamphus Day [F.] 1874:709 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 4 Nov. 1873); ref. 18825] Mumbai, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI 1287. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Status uncertain -- (Collette 1982:266 [ref. 5497]). •Synonym of Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Collette 2004:20 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:296 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes 1847). Zenarchopteridae. Habitat: marine.