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Cheilopogon

Cheilopogon
C.pinnatibarbatus.jpg
C. pinnatibarbatus japonicus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
Subfamily: Cypsellurinae
Genus: Cheilopogon
Lowe, 1841
Type species
Cypselurus pulchellus
Lowe, 1841[1]
Species

See text.

Cheilopogon is a genus of flyingfishes.

Species

Currently, 29 species in this genus are recognized:[2]

  • Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996 (Abe's flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) (smallhead flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) (white-finned flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon atrisignis (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (glider flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (margined flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)
  • Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) (backspot flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771) (bandwing flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) (spotfin flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961) (blotchwing flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 (intermediate flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1866) (Indonesian flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Atlantic flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs & Staiger, 1970) (Guinean flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon nigricans (F. D. Bennett, 1840) (blacksail flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009
  • Cheilopogon papilio (H. W. Clark, 1936) (butterfly flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (E. T. Bennett, 1831)
  • Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
  • Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1961 (Easter Island flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1866) (stained flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (manyspotted flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938) (Sutton's flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) (limpid-wing flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
  • Cheilopogon xenopterus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (whitetip flyingfish)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cheilopogon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cheilopogon in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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