Exocoetidae, Risso, 1827

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 66-68

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scientific name	Exocoetidae
status

Treatment

Exocoetidae View in CoL View at ENA

(flyingfish)

Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996 View in CoL Abe’s Flyingfish Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996: 303 View in CoL (near Admiralty Islands, west Pacific).— Hoese et al. 2006: 725 (NT; Gulf of

Carpentaria, N coast).

Flat Top Bank, Timor Sea; NE of Cape Don, Arafura Sea.

Cheilopogon arcticeps ( Günther, 1866) View in CoL

Bearhead Flyingfish

Exocoetus arcticeps Günther, 1866: 289 ( China) View in CoL .

S of Flat Top Bank, Timor Sea (NTM S.12879-001).

New record for the NT.

Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Margined Flyingfish View in CoL Exocoetus cyanopterus Valenciennes, 1847: 97 ( Brazil) View in CoL . Cypselurus bahiensis View in CoL —Munro 1957: 58 (off Cape Croker, NT). Cheilopogon cyanopterus View in CoL — Paxton et al. 1989: 332 (off Cape Croker, NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura

Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 725 (NT; N coast).

N of Cape Wessel.

Cheilopogon heterurus ( Rafinesque, 1810) View in CoL

Piebald Flyingfish

Exocoetus heterurus Rafinesque, 1810: 58 (Palermo, Sicily) View in CoL .

Cypselurus heterurus View in CoL —Munro 1957: 58 (Timor Sea, NT).

Munro’s record is very probably a misidentification (no specimens known from the area).

Cheilopogon spilonotopterus ( Bleeker, 1866) View in CoL

Stained Flyingfish

Exocoetus spilonotopterus Bleeker, 1866: 113 View in CoL (Padang, Sumatra).

Cheilopogon spilonotopterus View in CoL — Hoese et al. 2006: 727 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Crocodile Islands; N of Groote Eylandt.

Cheilopogon suttoni ( Whitley and Colefax, 1938) View in CoL

Sutton's Flyingfish

Maculocoetus suttoni Whitley and Colefax, 1938: 288 View in CoL ( Nauru, Gilbert Islands).

Arafura Sea (NTM S.13547-006).

New record for the NT.

Cheilopogon sp.

Unidentified flyingfish

NTM S.13558-008, Arafura Sea, does not key out to any known species using available literature (would be a new record for the NT).

Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)

Darkbar Flyingfish

Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853c: 206 (Muntok, Bangka) View in CoL .

Cypselurus hexazona View in CoL — Hoese et al. 2006: 728 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coastal) .

W of Lynedoch Bank, Arafura Sea; McCluer Island.

Cypselurus oligolepis ( Bleeker, 1866) View in CoL

Largescale Flyingfish

Exocoetus oligolepis Bleeker, 1866: 109 View in CoL ( Singapore; Jakarta, Java; Boleling, Bali; Sumatra; Makasar, Celebes; Labuha, Batjan; Neira, Banda).

Cypselurus oligolepis View in CoL — Hoese et al. 2006: 728 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Fog Bay; W side McCluer Island; E side Wigram Island; Wessel Islands.

Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) View in CoL Yellow-wing Flyingfish Exocoetus poecilopterus Valenncienes, 1847: 112 View in CoL (New Britain). Cyselurus poecilopterus —Munro 1957: 58–59 (Arafura Sea, west of Wessel Islands); Paxton et al. 1989: 333

(Arafura Sea off the Wessel Ils); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 728 (NT;

N coast, Arafura Sea off the Wessel Islands).

Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846

Barbel Flyingfish

Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846b: 265 ( China) View in CoL .— Hoese et al. 2006: 729 (NT; N coast).

Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Cosmopolitan Flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758: 316 View in CoL (open ocean off Europe and America).—Munro 1957: 57 (NT); Taylor 1964: 110 (Northern Territory).

Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1852) View in CoL