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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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3696.1.1

publication LSID

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scientific name

Exocoetidae
status

 

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

Bony Flyingfish

Exocoetus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1852c: 771 (Makassar) View in CoL .

Hirundichthys oxycephalus View in CoL — Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea).

S of Flinders Shoal ; N of Money Shoal ; NW of Cape Wessel.

Parexocoetus brachypterus (Richardson, 1846) Sailfin Flyingfish View in CoL Exocoetus brachypterus Richardson, 1846b: 265 (Tahiti) View in CoL . Parexocoetus brachypterus View in CoL — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 81 (between Cape Wessel and Cape York); Taylor 1964:

111 (Cape Wessel and Cape York); Paxton et al. 1989: 334 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura

Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 731 (NT; N coast).

Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847)

African Flyingfish

Exocoetus mento Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847: 124 ( Pondicherry).

Parexocoetus mento View in CoL — Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea).

N of Boucaut Bay ; NW of Cape Wessel; Sphinx Head, Marchinbar Island, Wessel Islands .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Beloniformes

Family

Exocoetidae

Loc

Exocoetidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P. 2013
2013
Loc

Cheilopogon spilonotopterus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 727
2006
Loc

Cypselurus hexazona

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 728
2006
Loc

Cypselurus oligolepis

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 728
2006
Loc

Cheilopogon abei

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 725
Parin, N. V. 1996: 303
1996
Loc

Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)

Paxton, J. R. & Hoese, D. F. & Allen, G. R. & Hanley, J. E. 1989: 333
1989
Loc

Hirundichthys oxycephalus

Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 80
1989
Loc

Parexocoetus mento

Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 80
1989
Loc

Maculocoetus suttoni

Whitley, G. P. & Colefax, A. N. 1938: 288
1938
Loc

Exocoetus arcticeps Günther, 1866: 289 ( China )

Gunther, A. 1866: 289
1866
Loc

Exocoetus spilonotopterus

Bleeker, P. 1866: 113
1866
Loc

Exocoetus oligolepis

Bleeker, P. 1866: 109
1866
Loc

Exocoetus hexazona

Bleeker, P. 1853: 206
1853
Loc

Exocoetus oxycephalus

Bleeker, P. 1852: 771
1852
Loc

Exocoetus monocirrhus

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 729
Richardson, J. 1846: 265
1846
Loc

Parexocoetus brachypterus (Richardson, 1846)

Paradice, W. E. J. & Whitley, G. P. 1927: 81
Richardson, J. 1846: 265
1846
Loc

Exocoetus heterurus

Rafinesque, C. S. 1810: 58
1810
Loc

Exocoetus volitans

Taylor, W. R. 1964: 110
Linnaeus, C. 1758: 316
1758
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