Species Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Exocoetus arcticeps Günther, A. 1866. Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 6 368 pp. [289].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 2012.11.8.4, China.

 

Generic Combinations

• Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866). —
  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] [305] (changed combination cited)
• Cypselurus arcticeps (Günther, 1866). —
  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] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Patchy records from off Dampier Archipelago, WA (20°20`S, 116°40'E), near Darwin, NT, off Cape York, north QLD and east of Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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] (414)

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. [2169]

Parin, N.V. 2009. Cheilopogon olgae (Exocoetidae) - a new species of flying fish from the waters of Western Australia. Journal of Ichthyology 49(3): 271-275 [274]

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. [331]

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] (588, as Cypsilurus arcticeps)

 

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-finned 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. [2169] (FAO) (Bearhead Flyingfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	BELONIFORMES	08-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED