Hyporhamphus

Hyporhamphus is a genus of halfbeaks. The species in this genus are distributed throughout the warmer seas of the world, most species being Indo-Pacific and there are some freshwater species.

Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:
 * Hyporhamphus acutus (Günther, 1872)
 * Hyporhamphus acutus acutus (Günther, 1872) (Pacific halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus (Steindachner, 1900) (Acute halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus affinis (Günther, 1866) (Tropical halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus australis (Steindachner, 1866) (Eastern sea garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus balinensis (Bleeker, 1858) (Balinese garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus brederi (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
 * Hyporhamphus capensis (Thominot, 1886) (Cape halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus collettei Banford, 2010
 * Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1847) (Dussumier's halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus (Lesueur, 1821)
 * Hyporhamphus gamberur (Rüppell, 1837) (Red Sea halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus gernaerti (Valenciennes, 1847)
 * Hyporhamphus gilli Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Choelo halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus ihi Phillipps, 1932 (New Zealand piper)
 * Hyporhamphus improvisus (J. L. B. Smith, 1933) (Shortfin halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842) (Asian pencil halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Congaturi halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993 (American halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus melanochir (Valenciennes, 1847) (Southern sea garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus melanopterus Collette & Parin, 1978
 * Hyporhamphus mexicanus Álvarez, 1959 (Mexican halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus naos Banford & Collette, 2001 (Pacific silverstripe halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev, 1980 (Black-tipped garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus neglectus (Bleeker, 1866)
 * Hyporhamphus paucirastris Collette & Parin, 1978
 * Hyporhamphus picarti (Valenciennes, 1847) (African halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus quoyi (Valenciennes, 1847) (Quoy's garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus regularis (Günther, 1866)
 * Hyporhamphus regularis ardelio (Whitley, 1931) (Eastern river garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus regularis regularis (Günther, 1866) (Western river garfish)
 * Hyporhamphus roberti (Valenciennes, 1847)
 * Hyporhamphus roberti hildebrandi D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1927 (Central American halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus roberti roberti (Valenciennes, 1847) (Slender halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus rosae (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (California halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus sindensis (Regan, 1905) (Sind halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus snyderi Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Skipper halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus taiwanensis Collette & J. X. Su, 1986
 * Hyporhamphus unicuspis Collette & Parin, 1978 (Simpletooth halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841) (Common halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Red-tipped halfbeak)
 * Hyporhamphus yuri Collette & Parin, 1978