occipitalis, Hemirhamphus Gill [T. N.] 1859:148 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 1762] Japan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Synonym of Hemiramphus sajori Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Okada 1961:598 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor 1842) -- (Collette & Su 1986:262 [ref. 5998], Collette 2004:8 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor 1842). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.