Hyporhamphus gilli Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 .

Choelo Halfbeak. To 21 cm (8.3 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Bahía Abreojos, southern Baja California (26°42’N, 113°35’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Talara, northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: intertidal (Personal communication: Academy of Natural Sciences Fish Collection, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), surface (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).