Author: Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
FBname: Halfbeak
Remark: Issue on validity of subspecies:  the subspecies <i>Hemiramphus convexus bruuni</i> is elevated at species rank as <i>Hemiramphus bruuni </i> (Parin, Collette & Shcherbachev, 1980) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870).  The species page will be created.
Comments: More coastal than <i>O. m. micropterus</i> and frequently found near islands.