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Species in the genus Hemiramphus: [ 27 ] records

archipelagicus, Hemiramphus Collette [B. B.] & Parin [N. V.] 1978:732, Fig. 1a [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 91 (no. 3); ref. 8943] Western Indian Ocean, Vietnam, 8°21'N, 104°38'E. Holotype: USNM 218371 [ex SIO 65-43]. Paratypes: ANSP (7, 2 lots); BMNH (1); CAS 38631-32 (1, 4), 41999-42000 (1, 1); FMNH 15805-06 (1, 1); IOM (10, 5 lots); MCZ (1); NMC (3, 2 lots); NMW (1); RMNH (33, 12 lots); UMMZ 181212 (1); USNM 218372 (4); ZMA (16, 8 lots); ZMUC (8, 6 lots); ZSI (2, 1 lot). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:67 [ref. 19236], Böhlke 1984:102 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:45 [ref. 12367], Collette et al. 1992:8 [ref. 19410] including USNM paratypes inadvertently omitted from the original. •Valid as Hemiramphus archipelagicus Collette & Parin 1978 -- (Parin et al. 1980:127 [ref. 6895], Collette et al. 1992:8 [ref. 19410], Collette 1999:2186 [ref. 24785], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Collette 2004:3 [ref. 27583], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:82 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:163 [ref. 31980], Yoshida et al. 2013:62 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:39 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:177 [ref. 34104] as cf. archipelagicus, Motomura et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:104 [ref. 35805], Hata et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36661], Behera et al. 2019:[2] [ref. 37133], Psomadakis et al. 2020:337 [ref. 37272], Collette 2022:359 [ref. 39718]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus archipelagicus Collette & Parin 1978. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka east to Cook Islands, north to Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

balao, Hemiramphus Lesueur [C. A.] 1821:136 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 13274] Near Guadeloupe Island and Martinique Island and Santo Domingo, Lesser Antilles, West Indies. No types known. •Valid as Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821 -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Robins & Ray 1986:102 [ref. 23100], Dennis & Bright 1988:4 [ref. 39782], Collette & Parin 1990:579 [ref. 16473], Cervigón 1991:221 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:338 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:959 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:175 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:70 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:154 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:103 [ref. 26784], Collette 2003:1138 [ref. 26981], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27192], Collette 2004:3 [ref. 27583], Nelson et al. 2004:101 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:32 [ref. 33341], Collette 2016:2160 [ref. 34601], Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509], Carneiro et al. 2019:200 [ref. 37250], Collette & Bemis 2019:99 [ref. 37342], Reiner 2019:138 [ref. 38139], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:309 [ref. 38945], Fermon et al. 2022:269 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) south to Santos (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola, including Madeira, Canary Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bermudensis, Hemiramphus Collette [B. B.] 1962:432, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 4554] Whalebone Bay, St. George's Island, Bermuda. Holotype: FMNH 48115. Paratypes: FMNH 5051-3 (1, 1, 1), 48082 (1), 48490 (1), 63878 (1); MCZ 26718 (1); UMMZ 172417 (7), 175982 (2), 175990 (1), 176512 (2); USNM 12699 (5), 21245 (1), 21377 (6 + 3 heads), 21884 (5), 187565 (3); ZMUC 162 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:54 [ref. 9588], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:45 [ref. 12367], Collette et al. 1992:8 [ref. 19410]. •Valid as Hemiramphus bermudensis Collette 1962 -- (Collette et al. 1992:8 [ref. 19410], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:176 [ref. 25013], Collette 2003:1139 [ref. 26981], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Collette & Bemis 2019:103 [ref. 37342]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus bermudensis Collette 1962. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Western North Atlantic: Bermuda. Habitat: marine.

brasiliensis, Esox Linnaeus [C.] 1758:314 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Brazil; Jamaica. Linnaeus materials: NRM 42 (1), 142 (1), 242 (1). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:228-229 [ref. 20707]. Based on the 'Timvcv brasiliensibus' of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:168 [ref. 30347] and the 'Esox maxilla inferiore producta' of Browne 1756:443, Pl. 45, fig. 2 [ref. 30188]. Surviving "syntypes" are evidently Asian specimens and not brasiliensis of current authors. •Valid as Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Collette 1965:225 [ref. 13343], Robins & Ray 1986:102 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:309 [ref. 25518] as Hemirhamphus, McAllister 1990:127 [ref. 14674], Collette & Parin 1990:580 [ref. 16473], Cervigón 1991:220 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:83 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:338 [ref. 23827], Murdy et al. 1997:120 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:960 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:209 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:154 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1643 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Collette 2003:1140 [ref. 26981], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27192], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Smith et al. 2003:15 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:101 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Angulo et al. 2013:997 [ref. 33194], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32972], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:32 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:10 [ref. 34324], Collette 2016:2161 [ref. 34601], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Collette & Bemis 2019:105 [ref. 37342], Reiner 2019:139 [ref. 38139], Robertson et al. 2020:156 [ref. 38098], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38945], Soares et al. 2021:1517 [ref. 38789], Fermon et al. 2022:269 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; western-central Atlantic: Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Archipelago (Brazil); eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brevirostris, Macrognathus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:148 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian and American oceans. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.115 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:215 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Wheeler 1958:215 [ref. 13434], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

brownii, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:13 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Martinique Island, West Indies. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-4585. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-7602 [not 7062] (1) Martinique, B-1052 (3) Gorée, B-1053 (1, dry), B-2183 (1, dry), 0000-4344 (1). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:15 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype selected by Collette 1965:226 [ref. 13343]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Collette 1965:225 [ref. 13343], Collette & Parin 1990:580 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

commersonii, Hemiramphus Cuvier [G.] 1829:286 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Indian Ocean; Indonesia. No types known. Valenciennes specimens: MNHN 0000-4584 (1) Mauritius, B-1054 (2) Red Sea, B-1056 (3) Red Sea, B-1055 (1) Zanzibar. Available from footnote as, "H. commersonii, N., Lacép., V, vii, 3, ou le demi-bec de Baggewaal, Renard., IIe part, pl. v, no. 21." Paepke & Seegers 1986:144 credit to Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846 with syntypes at ZMB. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:119 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette 1974:38 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:133 [ref. 6895] as commersoni, Dor 1984:61 [ref. 29757], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:621 [ref. 13676], Collette & SU 1986:254 [ref. 5998] as commersoni, Collette 1986:389 [ref. 5647] as commersoni, Fricke 1999:118 [ref. 24106], Collette 1999:2187 [ref. 24785], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:41 [ref. 36273]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

depauperatus, Hemirhamphus Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:66 [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): Royal Coll. Surgeons (whereabouts unknown). Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Valid as Hemiramphus depauperatus Lay & Bennett 1839 -- (Parin et al. 1980:126 [ref. 6895], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Randall 2005:83 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:291 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:140 [ref. 30952], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus depauperatus Lay & Bennett 1839. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Central and South Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.

differt, Esox marginatus var. Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:393 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known. Unnecessary replacement for Esox far Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

far, Esox marginatus Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:xiii, 67 [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea, ca. 15°42'25''N 42°41'18''E. No types known. Genus sometimes spelled Hemirhamphus. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:119 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:22 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette 1974:38 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:133 [ref. 6895], Dor 1984:61 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:79 [ref. 6441], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:621 [ref. 13676], Collette & Su 1986:254 [ref. 5998], Collette 1986:389 [ref. 5647], Wu & Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:194 [ref. 26639], Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:337 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:57 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:16 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:88 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:176 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:349 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:57 [ref. 25919], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Myers 1999:76 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:118 [ref. 24106], Collette 1999:2187 [ref. 24785], Nakabo 2000:549 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:136 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:161 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:61 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:549 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:127 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:29 [ref. 37112], Randall 2005:83 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:734 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2007:69 [ref. 29533], Fricke et al. 2009:31 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:34 [ref. 36649], Fricke et al. 2011:371 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:163 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989], Falautano et al. 2014:235 [ref. 34002], Psomadakis et al. 2015:177 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35490], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:104 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:41 [ref. 36273], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:162 [ref. 36495], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36864], Fricke et al. 2019:78 [ref. 36673], Bariche & Fricke 2020:118 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 10 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:81 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:47 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:338 [ref. 37272], Golani 2021:32 [ref. 38303]). •Valid as Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:22 [ref. 30182], Kovačić et al. 2021:53 [ref. 39014], Collette 2022:359 [ref. 39718]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New South Wales (Australia); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.

fasciatus, Hemiramphus Bleeker [P.] 1853:89 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 16911] Lawajong, Solor Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1866.5.2.19. •Synonym of Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin 1973:269 [ref. 7191]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes 1847 -- (Parin et al. 1980:115 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:256 [ref. 5998], Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:291 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes 1847. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

filamentosus, Hemirhamphus Poey [F.] 1860:297 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Lectotype: MCZ 8775. Paralectotypes: MCZ 43030 [ex MCZ 8775] (2), USNM 4746 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:180 [ref. 22926], Collette et al. 1992:9 [ref. 19410]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. Lectotype selected by Collette 1965:226 [ref. 13343]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Collette 1965:225 [ref. 13343], Collette & Parin 1990:580 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

gladius, Esox Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:295, 313, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] East Indies and America. No types known. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:23-14 [ref. 22813]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:119 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Collette 1974:38 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:133 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:254 [ref. 5998], Fricke 1999:118 [ref. 24106], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

guineensis, Hemiramphus Bleeker [P.] 1863:119, Pl. 25 (fig. 2) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Annonkor, Boutry, Guinea. Syntypes: RMNH 2823 (2). Original as guineënsis. •Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821 -- (Collette 1965:221 [ref. 13343], Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette & Parin 1990:580 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

japonicus, Hemiramphus Brevoort [J. C.] 1856:280 [28] [Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color) In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.; ref. 17284] Ryukyu Islands (Lew Chew), Japan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. On p. 28 of separate. •Synonym of Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes 1847 -- (Parin et al. 1980:115 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:256 [ref. 5998] with question, Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:291 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes 1847. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

lutkei, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:49 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Buru, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-4339. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2970 [ex MNHN 0000-4339] (1). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:17 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype selected by Parin et al. 1980:115 [ref. 6895]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin 1973:269 [ref. 7191]). •Valid as Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes 1847 -- (Parin et al. 1980:115 [ref. 6895], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:79 [ref. 6441], Collette & Su 1986:256 [ref. 5998], Myers 1999:76 [ref. 23965], Collette 1999:2188 [ref. 24785], Nakabo 2000:549 [ref. 25086], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:549 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495] as Hemirhamphus and 1846, Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Randall 2005:83 [ref. 28239], Motomura et al. 2010:82 [ref. 31256], Kottelat 2013:291 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35490], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36460] as lutkeni, Psomadakis et al. 2020:338 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37637], Collette 2022:360 [ref. 39718]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes 1847. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (SouthAfrica), East Africa, Comoros and Madagascar east to Philippines and Samoa, north to Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

macrochirus, Hemirhamphus Poey [F.] 1860:299 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Lectotype: MCZ 693. Paralectotypes: ?USNM 4748 (specimen of H. brasiliensis and does not match original description). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1992:9 [ref. 19410]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. Lectotype selected by Collette 1965:223 [ref. 13343]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821 -- (Collette 1965:221 [ref. 13343], Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette & Parin 1990:580 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

marginatus, Esox Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:67, xiii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P342523 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:54 [ref. 9588] with ZMUC specimen as holotype. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 35 [ref. 20847]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:22 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Parin et al. 1980:132 [ref. 6895], Dor 1984:62 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:16 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:88 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:130 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Fricke 2008:22 [ref. 30182], Kottelat 2013:291 [ref. 32989], Ali et al. 2018:315 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:42 [ref. 36273], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Eagderi et al. 2019:23 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 11 [ref. 38321], Collette 2022:360 [ref. 39718]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål 1775). Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

marginatus, Hemiramphus Lesueur [C. A.] 1821:135 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 13274] Guadaloupe Island; Martinique Island, West Indies. No types known. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Hemiramphus by Esox marginatus Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus 1758). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

meristocystis, Oxyporhamphus Parin [N. V.] 1961:391 [1], Fig. B [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 1 (no. 3 [20]); ref. 2993] Solomon Sea, Molucca Islands, Vityaz station 3663, 6°15'S, 153°44'E, surface. Holotype: ZIN 36805 (159 mm SL). Paratypes: ZIN 36805a (1). On p. 1 of English translation. •Synonym of Oxyporhamphus convexus (Weber & de Beaufort 1922), subspecies convexus (Weber & de Beaufort 1922) -- (Parin et al. 1980:157 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:285 [ref. 5998], Collette 2004:13, 26 [ref. 27583]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus convexus (Weber & de Beaufort 1922). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus convexus Weber & de Beaufort 1922. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.

mocquardianus, Hemiramphus Thominot [A.] 1886:165 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 10; ref. 17904] Source of Pursat River, near Lake Tonlé Sap, Cambodia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1886-0002. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:18 [ref. 22813]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Collette 1974:39 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:134 [ref. 6895], Collette & Su 1986:254 [ref. 5998], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

obesus, Hemirhamphus Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:64 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:24 [ref. 22813]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parin et al. 1980:134 [ref. 6895] with question, Collette & Su 1986:254 [ref. 5998], Collette 1986:389 [ref. 5647], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583], Kottelat 2013:290 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus far (Fabricius 1775). Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pleii, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:21 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Martinique Island, West Indies. Lectotype: MNHN B-1050. Paralectotypes: MNHN B.1048 (1), B.1049 (1), B.1051 (1). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:18 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype selected by Collette 1965:223 [ref. 13343]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821 -- (Collette 1965:221 [ref. 13343], Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette & Parin 1990:579 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:4 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

robustus, Hemirhamphus Günther [A.] 1866:270 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Long Island, Hogan Group, Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2012.11.10.5. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Valid as Hemiramphus robustus Günther 1866 -- (Parin et al. 1980:137 [ref. 6895], Wu & Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:195 [ref. 26639], Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:337 [ref. 12442], Zhu 1995:163 [ref. 25213], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Collette 1999:2193 [ref. 24785], Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Paxton et al. 2006:735 [ref. 28994], Larson et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:291 [ref. 32989], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus robustus Günther 1866. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: tropical Australia south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), southern Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

saltator, Hemirhamphus Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:53, Pl. 9 (fig. 16) [Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences v. 4; ref. 1639] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: CAS-SU 6806. Paratypes: (7) BMNH 1903.5.15.303-304 (2), CAS-SU 12807 (1), USNM 50446 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:51 [ref. 12291], Collette et al. 1992:9 [ref. 19410]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Valid as Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert & Starks 1904 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:115 [ref. 9277], Pequeño 1989:50 [ref. 14125], Collette et al. 1992:9 [ref. 19410], Allen & Robertson 1994:89 [ref. 22193], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1178 [ref. 22829], Franke & Acero P. 1996:764 [ref. 22923], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:188 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:263 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:111 [ref. 24555], Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Nelson et al. 2004:101 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:66 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923]). Current status: Valid as Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert & Starks 1904. Hemiramphidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

vittatus, Hemiramphus Valenciennes [A.] 1843:70 [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Lancerote, Canary Islands. Holotype: MNHN B-2183 (dry). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:20 [ref. 22813]. •Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821 -- (Parin 1973:268 [ref. 7191], Collette & Parin 1990:579 [ref. 16473], Collette 2004:3 [ref. 27583]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus balao Lesueur 1821. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

welsbyi, Hemirhamphus Ogilby [J. D.] 1908:91 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 21; ref. 3287] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: QM I.1542 [ex AFAQ 648]. Paratypes: (7) CAS-SU 20191 (2), AMS I.12539 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:51 [ref. 12291]. Original genus is correctly Hemiramphus. •Synonym of Hemiramphus robustus Günther 1866 -- (Collette 1974:43 [ref. 12930], Parin et al. 1980:137 [ref. 6895], Paxton et al. 1989:337 [ref. 12442], Collette 2004:5 [ref. 27583], Paxton et al. 2006:735 [ref. 28994]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiramphus robustus Günther 1866. Hemiramphidae. Habitat: marine.