Genus Hirundichthys Breder, 1928
- Hirundichthys Breder, C.M. 1928. Scientific results of the second oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee", 1926: Nematognathi, Apodes, Isospondyli, Synentognathi and Thoracostraci from Panama to Lower California. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 2(2): 1-25 figs 1-10 [14, 20].
Type species:
Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818 by original designation.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
EXOCOETIDAE: Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1837) — Parin, N.V. & Belyanina, T.N. 2002. A review of the flyingfishes of the subgenus Danichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). Journal of Ichthyology 42(Suppl. 1): 23-44 [33] (restricted to NE Atlantic)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Parin, N.V. & Belyanina, T.N. 2002. A review of the flyingfishes of the subgenus Danichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). Journal of Ichthyology 42(Suppl. 1): 23-44
Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Parin, N.V. 2013. A review of flying fishes of the subgenus Hirundichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). 1. Oceanic species: H. speculiger, H. indicus sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology 53(2): 117–145
Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Parin, N.W. 2013. A review of flying fishes of the subgenus Hirundichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). Part 2. Nerito-oceanic species: H. oxycephalus, H. affinis. Journal of Ichthyology 53(8): 509-540 [in Russian in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2013, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 507–539.]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | BELONIFORMES | 29-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |