Species Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)

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• Exocoetus cyanopterus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 19 544 pp. pls 554-590. [97].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP B-0769, Bahia State, Brazil.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP A-7605, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bruun, A.F. 1937. Notes sur les types des Exocets décrits par Cuvier et Valenciennes. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 9(3): 180-187 [182].
• Exocoetus bahiensis Ranzani, C. 1842. De novis speciebus Piscium. Dissertatio 4. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis 5: 3-22, 307-366 [not seen] [362, pl. 38 (fig. 1)].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dor, M. 1984. CLOFRES, Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea. Jerusalem : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 437 pp. 2 figs. [60]
• Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Collette, B.B. & Luckhurst, B.E. 1999. Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 4: 1-424 [170]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cypsilurus bahiensis (Ranzani, 1842) [status of the name is often regarded as uncertain, some workers recognise the species from the Atlantic or regard as a synonym of Cheilopogon cyanopterus]. —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127
• Cypselurus cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847). —
  Parin, N.V. 1996. On the species composition of the flying fish species (Exocoetidae) in the west-central part of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(3): 300-307 [English transl. in J. Ichthyol. 36(5): 357–364] (changed combination cited)
• Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847). —
  Parin, N.V. 1999. Family Exocoetidae. pp. 2162-2179 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2170] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Dampier Archipelago, WA (20°03'S, 114°57'E) to off Carter Reef, QLD (14°33'S); tropical, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 0-200 m.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [24]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [58] (415, as Cypselurus bahiensis)

Parin, N.V. 1996. On the species composition of the flying fish species (Exocoetidae) in the west-central part of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(3): 300-307 [English transl. in J. Ichthyol. 36(5): 357–364]

Parin, N.V. 1999. Family Exocoetidae. pp. 2162-2179 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2170]

Parin, N.V. & Shakhovskoy, I.B. 2016. Exocoetidae. pp. 2132-2156 in Carpenter, K.E. & De Angelis, N. (eds.). The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Bony Fishes Part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1511-2350. [2138]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [332]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.F. Hoese & D.J. Bray 2006. Exocoetidae. pp. 723-731 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [725]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (589, as Cypsilurus bahiensis)

 

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [58] (White-edged Flying-fish)

Parin, N.V. 1999. Family Exocoetidae. pp. 2162-2179 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2170] (FAO) (Margined Flyingfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Margined Flyingfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	BELONIFORMES	22-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED