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Cypselurus
Sign in to saveCypselurus is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. They are found across Indo-Pacific to western Atlantic ocean.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderBeloniformes
- FamilyExocoetidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 380
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Collections
- UWFC, CUMV, ECOSUR, USNM
- Recorded in
- Panama, United States, Philippines, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Exocoetidae
- Image
- Cypselurus poecilopterus Day.png
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Cypselurus is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. They are found across Indo-Pacific to western Atlantic ocean.
==Species== Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus: 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 persimilis Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) — short-nosed flying fish Cypselurus starksi (T. Abe, 1953)
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