Species Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
Beaked Flyingfish, Beaked Flying-fish, Oceanic Flying Halfbeak
- Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 19 544 pp. pls 554-590. [127, pl. 563].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP A.9925, King George Sound, WA (as New Holland).
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 3408-3409; MNHP B.840.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 [186]. - Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 19 544 pp. pls 554-590. [56, pl. 557].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 4593, Indian Ocean.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP B.2969.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 [187].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Collette, B.B. & Su, J.-X. 1986. The halfbeaks (Pisces, Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae) of the Far East. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 138: 250-302 [286]
Generic Combinations
- Evolantia micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847). —
Heller, E. & Snodgrass, R.E. 1903. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XV. New fishes. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 189-229 [189] (changed combination as type of genus Evolantia) - Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847). —
Parin, N.V., Collette, B.B. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1980. Preliminary review of the marine halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae, Beloniformes) of the tropical Indo-west Pacific. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 97: 7-173 figs 1-47 [in Russian] [149] (changed combination cited)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Evolantia microptera (Valenciennes, 1847) [treated species name as adjective]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [107] - Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840 [misidentification, some workers regard as a junior synonym of Oxyporhamphus micropterus, but treated as incertae sedis by Collette 2004]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] - Oxyporhamphus argenteus (Bennett, 1840) [species considered a species of uncertain identity]. —
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] [423]
Introduction
The species is sometimes included in the Exocoetidae (see Dasilao & Sasaki 1998). Collette (1999, 2004) and Lovejoy et al. (2004) retained the species in the Hemiramphidae. Subsequent molecular work (Lewallen et al. 2011) supported placement in the Hemiramphidae.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Based on few Australian records, predicted from off Cape Arid (123°E) to off Shark Bay (25°S), WA, Cartier Reef, Timor Sea, and off Burleigh Heads, QLD (28°S) to Hobart, TAS (42°S); tropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, oceanic, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range: 0-200 m.
General References
Collette, B.B. 1999. Family Hemiramphidae. pp. 2180-2196 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. [2196]
Collette, B.B. 2004. Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 — halfbeaks. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 22: 1-35
Dasilao, J.C. Jr & Sasaki, K. 1998. Phylogeny of the flyingfish family Exocoetidae (Teleostei, Beloniformes). Ichthyological Research 45(4): 347-353
Lewallen, E.A., Pitman, R.L., Kjartanson, S.L. & Lovejoy, N.R. 2011. Molecular systematics of flyingfishes (Teleostei: Exocoetidae): evolution in the epipelagic zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 161–174
Lovejoy, N.R., Iranpour, M. & Collette, B.B. 2004. Phylogeny and jaw ontogeny of beloniform fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44(5): 366–377
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [107] (as Evolantia microptera)
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] [56] (423, as O. argenteus)
Struthers, C.D. 2015. Family Hemiramphidae. pp. 965-968 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152. [968]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (597 and 575 as Hemiramphus argenteus)
Common Name References
Collette, B.B. 1999. Family Hemiramphidae. pp. 2180-2196 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. [2196] (FAO) (Oceanic Flying Halfbeak)
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] [59] (Beaked Flying-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Beaked Flyingfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2012 | BELONIFORMES | 22-Oct-2016 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |