Considéré comme synonyme junior de Hyporhamphus roberti (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Collette, Bruce Baden & N.V. Parin, M.S. Nizinski. 1992. "Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 3: Beloniformes (Teleostei)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 525:1-16 (ffm00540)
Décrit initialement sous Hyporhamphus salvatoris:
- Fowler, Henry W & B.A. Bean. 1923. "Descriptions of eighteen new species of fishes from the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, preserved in the United States National Museum". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 63(2488):1-27 (ffm00365)