FAMILY Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 - halfbeaks [=Hemirhamphinae, Euleptorhamphinae, Oxyporhamphinae, Evolantiidae] GENUS Arrhamphus Gunther, 1866 - snubnose garfishes, snubnosed halfbeaks Species Arrhamphus sclerolepis Gunther, 1866 - snubnose garfish [=brieviceps, kreftii] GENUS Chriodorus Goode & Bean, 1882 - hardhead halfbeaks Species Chiriodorus atherinoides Goode & Bean, 1882 - hardhead halfbeak GENUS Euleptorhamphus Gill, 1859 - halfbeaks Species Euleptorhamphus velox Poey, 1868 - flying halfbeak Species Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823) - ribbon halfbeak [=brevoortii, elongatus, longirostris, macrorhynchus, tweediei] GENUS Hemiramphus Cuvier, 1816 - halfbeaks, garfishes, ballyhoos [=Ardeapiscis, Farhians] Species Hemirhamphus archipelagicus Collette & Parin, 1978 - jumping halfbeak Species Hemirhamphus balao Lesueur, 1821 - Balao halfbeak [=guineensis, macrochirus, pleii, vittatus] Species Hemirhamphus bermudensis Collette, 1962 - Bermuda halfbeak Species Hemirhamphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - ballyhoo halfbeak [=brevirostris, brownii, filamentosus, marginatus] Species Hemirhampus bruuni (Parin et al., 1980) - Bruun's halfbeak Species Hemirhamphus convexus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 - convex halfbeak [=meristocystis] Species Hemirhamphus depauperatus Lay & Bennett, 1839 - tropical halfbeak Species Hemirhamphus far (Forsskal, 1775) - blackbarred halfbeak [=commersonii, differt, gladius, mocquardianus, obesus] Species Hemirhamphus lutkei Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 - Lutke's halfbeak [=fasciatus, japonicus] Species Hemirhamphus marginatus (Forsskal, 1775) - yellowtip halfbeak Species Hemirhamphus robustus Gunther, 1866 - three-by-two garfish [=welsbyi] Species Hemirhamphus saltator Gilbert & Starks, 1904 - longfin halfbeak GENUS Hyporhamphus Gill, 1859 - halfbeaks [=Eulepidorhamphus, Ichthyacus, Odontorhamphus, Reporhamphus] Species Hyporhamphus acutus (Gunther, 1872) - Pacific halfbeak [=arnoldorum, chancellori, furcatus] Species Hyporhamphus affinis (Gunther, 1866) - tropical halfbeak [=australensis, delagoae] Species Hyporhamphus australis (Steindachner, 1866) - Eastern sea garfish [=trilineatus] Species Hyporhamphus balinensis (Bleeker, 1858) - Balinese garfish Species Hyporhamphus brederi (Fernandez-Yepez, 1948) - Breder's halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus capensis (Thominot, 1886) - Cape halfbeak [=knysnaensis] Species Hyporhamphus collettei Banford, 2010 - Collette's halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) – Dussumier's halfbeak [=laticeps, reynaldi, samoensis] Species Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus (Lesueur, 1821) - Lesueur's halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus gamberur (Ruppell, 1837) - Red Sea halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) – Gernaert's halfbeak [=peitaihoensis] Species Hyporhamphus gilli Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 - Choelo halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus ihi Phillipps, 1932 - New Zealand piper Species Hyporhamphus improvisus (Smith, 1933) - shortfin halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842) - Asian pencil halfbeak [=kurumeus, occipitalis] Species Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) – Congaturi halfbeak [=gorakhpurensis, sinensis, tridentifer] Species Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993 - American halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - Southern sea garfish Species Hyporhamphus melanopterus Collette & Parin, 1978 - melanopterus halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus mexicanus Alvarez, 1959 - Mexican halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus naos Banford & Collette, 2001 - Pacific silverstripe halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin et al., 1980 - blacktipped halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus neglectus (Bleeker, 1866) - Bleeker's halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus pacificus (Steindachner, 1900) - Pacific halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus paucirastris Collette & Parin, 1978 - paucirastris halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus picarti (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - African halfbeak [=calabaricus, schlegeli] Species Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - Quoy's garfish [=caudalis, gaimardi, melanurus, mioprorus] Species Hyporhamphus regularis (Gunther, 1866) - river garfish [=ardelio] Species Hyporhamphus roberti (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) - slender halfbeak [=hildebrandi, kronei, salvatoris] Species Hyporhamphus rosae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) - California halfbeak [=patris] Species Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck &Schlegel, 1846) - Japanese halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus sindensis (Regan, 1905) - Sind halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus snyderi Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 - skipper halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus taiwanensis Collette & Su, 1986 - Taiwan halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus unicuspis Collette & Parin, 1978 - simpletooth halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841) - common halfbeak [=poeyi, richardi, tricuspidatus] Species Hyporhamphus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) – redtipped halfbeak Species Hyporhamphus yuri Collette & Parin, 1978 - yuri halfbeak GENUS Melapedalion Fowler, 1934 - Philippine snubnose halfbeaks Species Melapedalion breve (Seale, 1910) - Philippine snubnose halfbeak GENUS Oxyporhamphus Gill, 1864 - halfbeaks [=Evolantia] Species Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) – bigwing halfbeak [=argenteus, cuspidatus] Species Oxyporhamphus similis Bruun, 1935 - false halfbeak GENUS Rhynchorhamphus Fowler, 1928 - halfbeaks [=Loligorhamphus] Species Rhynchorhamphus arabicus Parin & Shcherbachev, 1972 - Arabian flyingfish Species Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1930) – longbilled halfbeak [=brevirostris, cantori, eclancheri, leucopterus, normani, plumatus, russeli vH, russeli V] Species Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus Collette, 1976 - Malabar halfbeak Species Rhynchorhamphus naga Collette, 1976 - naga halfbeak