''Cypselurus'' is a
genus
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of
flying fish
The Exocoetidae are a family (biology), family of Saltwater fish, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the order (biology), order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven genus, ge ...
in the
family
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Exocoetidae
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven genera. While they do not "fly" in the same way a bird does, flying fish c ...
. They are found across
Indo-Pacific
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to western
Atlantic
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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
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish
* ''
Cypselurus simus''
(Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 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
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