Cypselurus

Cypselurus
Yellow-wing Flying Fish
(C. poecilopterus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cypselurus
Swainson, 1838
Species

Twelve recognized - see text.

Cypselurus is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae.

Species

Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cypselurus angusticeps (Nichols & Breder, 1935) — narrowhead flying fish
  • Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866) — ornamented flying fish, beautyfin flying fish
  • Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815) — clearwing flying fish
  • Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853) — darkbar flying fish
  • Cypselurus hiraii (T. Abe, 1953)
  • Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1861)
  • Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889) — Pharao flying fish
  • Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) — large-scale flying fish
  • Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865) — black-finned flying fish
  • Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish
  • Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) — short-nosed flying fish
  • Cypselurus starksi (T. Abe, 1953)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Cypselurus in FishBase. April 2014 version.


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