Cypselurus
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Yellow-wing Flying Fish (C. poecilopterus) | |
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Genus: | Cypselurus Swainson, 1838
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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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cypselurus". FishBase. April 2014 version.