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''Cypselurus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of flying fish in the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Exocoetidae. They are found across
Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
to western Atlantic ocean.


Species

Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus: * '' 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 persimilis'' * '' Cypselurus poecilopterus'' ( Valenciennes, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish * '' Cypselurus simus'' ( Valenciennes, 1847) — short-nosed flying fish * '' Cypselurus starksi'' ( T. Abe, 1953)


See also

* Shakhovskoy, I.B., and N.V. Parin (2019). A review of the flying fish genus Cypselurus (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae). Part 1. Revision of the subgenus Zonocypselurus Parin and Bogorodsky, 2011 with descriptions of one new subgenus, four new species and two new subspecies and reinstatement of one species as valid. Zootaxa 4589(1): 1–71.


References

Cypsellurinae Taxa named by William Swainson Marine fish genera {{Beloniformes-stub