Cypselurus bosha, 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 : 52

Cypselurus bosha sp. nov.

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( Figs. 18 , 22–25 , 26 a–e, 27; Tables 1–5, 7, 11)

Exocoetus bahiensis (non Ranzani). Klunzinger, 1871: 585–586 (description; Red Sea).? Day 1877: 519, Pl. 121, fig. 10 (in part; Red Sea).

Cypselurus brevis (non Weber and de Beaufort). Parin & Besednov, 1965: 109–111, fig. 2 (description, Tonkin Bay).? Mai & Bui 1978: 261 ( Vietnam).

Cypselurus hexazona (non Bleeker). Parin, 1996: 301–302 (in part; description, distribution). Parin 2000: 600 (in part; South China Sea). Parin & Bogorodsky, 2011: 683–686 [658–660 in English translation] (in part; description, distribution).

Material examined. One hundred and six specimens 14–179 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 23. Holotype of flying fish Cypselurus bosha (147 mm SL, IORAS 03435, Bolinao fish market).

FIGURE 24. Flying fish Cypselurus bosha, Tonkin Bay (after Parin & Besednov, 1964). (A)—juvenile, 84 mm SL; (B)—adult fish, 178 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.