Cypselurus olpar, Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2019

Shakhovskoy, Ilia B. & Parin, Nikolay V., 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), pp. 1-71 : 59

Cypselurus olpar sp. nov.

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( Figs. 18 , 22 , 25 , 26 f–g, 28, 29; Tables 1–5, 7, 11)

Cypselurus hexazona (non Bleeker). Belyanina 1993: 120–124, fig. 5 (larvae and juveniles; eastern Australia; in part: except for the specimen 24.7 mm SL). Parin & Bogorodsky 2011: 683–686 [658–660 in English translation] (in part; description, distribution (waters of Australia)).

In the following works, C. olpar was probably also referred to. However, because the authors gave no characters, there is a possibility that they also deal with Cheilopogon (Ptenichthys) sp. 1, Ch. (P.) sp. 2 or C. bosha .

Cypselurus hexazona (non Bleeker). Munro 1967: 117 ( Solomon Islands). Paxton et al. 2006: 728 (waters of Australia). Fricke et al. 2011: 370 ( New Caledonia). Larson et al. 2013: 67 ( Australia, Northern Territory).

Material examined. Fifty eight specimens 16–164.5 mm SL.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Size variation of morphometric characters in flying fishes Cypselurus bosha (□), C. olpar (○), Cheilopogon formosus (x), Ch. marisrubri (+), Ch. katherinae (◊), Cheilopogon sp. 1 (∆) and Cheilopogon sp. 2 (▲). (A)—length of pectoral fin divided by length of pelvic fin (index lP/lV), (B)—length of pelvic fin (lV), (C)—greatest head depth (Hc).

FIGURE 22. Distribution of flying fishes Cheilopogon katherinae (Δ), Cypselurus bosha (□) and C. olpar (○). Filled symbols indicate capture location for fishes ≤100 mm SL, open symbols indicate capture location for fishes>100 mm SL.

FIGURE 25. Size variation of morphometric characters in flying fishes Cypselurus bosha (□—northern Vietnam and China, Δ—Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia; ◊—Kenya and Madagascar; ○—Red Sea) and C. olpar (x—western and northern Australia; +—eastern Australia). (A)—pectoral fin length (lP), (B)—pelvic fin length (lV), (C)—length of pectoral fin divided by length of pelvic fin (index lP/lV), (D)—width of interorbital space (io), (E)—lowest depth of caudal peduncle (h).

FIGURE 26. Juveniles of flying fishes Cypselurus bosha (A–E) and C. olpar (F–G). (A)—25 mm SL, ZMUC uncat., Galathea Sta. 373, 4°30’N 103°28’E; (B)—28 mm SL, ZMUC uncat., same place; (C)—33 mm SL, ZMUC uncat., same place; (D)—37 mm SL, ZMUC uncat., same place; (E)—47.5 mm SL, USNM 294589, Kenya, Formosa Bay; (F)—34.5 mm SL, FRSKU 114538, 20°00’S 117°04’E; (G)—50 mm SL, IORAS 03112 (paratype), 12°28’S 128°05’E.