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Cypselurus Swainson, 1838

1283789  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1283789)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Beloniformes (Order)
  7. Exocoetidae (Family)
  8. Cypselurus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cypselurus Lowe, 1841 · unaccepted
Cypserulus · unaccepted
Cypsilurus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cyselorus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cyselurus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Cypselurus angusticeps Nichols & Breder, 1935
  2. Species Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866)
  3. Species Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815)
  4. Species Cypselurus exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771)
  5. Species Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)
  6. Species Cypselurus hiraii Abe, 1953
  7. Species Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889)
  8. Species Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865)
  9. Species Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)
  10. Species Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  11. Species Cypselurus starksi Abe, 1953
  12. Species Cypselurus agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) accepted as Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  13. Species Cypselurus albimaculatus Fowler, 1934 accepted as Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934)
  14. Species Cypselurus alienus Herre, 1935 accepted as Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815)
  15. Species Cypselurus altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  16. Species Cypselurus antarei Beebe & Hollister, 1933 accepted as Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815)
  17. Species Cypselurus antoncichi Woods & Schultz, 1953 accepted as Cheilopogon antoncichi (Woods & Schultz, 1953)
  18. Species Cypselurus arcticeps (Günther, 1866) accepted as Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866)
  19. Species Cypselurus atrisignis Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903)
  20. Species Cypselurus bahiensis (Ranzani, 1842) accepted as Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  21. Species Cypselurus brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Prognichthys brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847)
  22. Species Cypselurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 accepted as Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)
  23. Species Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1969 accepted as Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)
  24. Species Cypselurus californicus (Cooper, 1863) accepted as Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  25. Species Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934 accepted as Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)
  26. Species Cypselurus coromandelensis Hornell, 1923 accepted as Hirundichthys coromandelensis (Hornell, 1923)
  27. Species Cypselurus crockeri Seale, 1935 accepted as Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)
  28. Species Cypselurus cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  29. Species Cypselurus exiliens (Linnaeus, 1771) accepted as Cypselurus exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771)
  30. Species Cypselurus exsilieus (Linnaeus, 1771) accepted as Cypselurus exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771)
  31. Species Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969 accepted as Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)
  32. Species Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) accepted as Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815)
  33. Species Cypselurus gregoryi Pietschmann, 1928 accepted as Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903)
  34. Species Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  35. Species Cypselurus hewitti Smith, 1935 accepted as Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  36. Species Cypselurus hubbsi (Parin, 1961) accepted as Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961)
  37. Species Cypselurus hyperistius Fowler, 1919 accepted as Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847)
  38. Species Cypselurus katoptron (Bleeker, 1865) accepted as Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1865)
  39. Species Cypselurus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  40. Species Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1961) accepted as Cheilopogon antoncichi (Woods & Schultz, 1953)
  41. Species Cypselurus melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  42. Species Cypselurus milleri Gibbs & Staiger, 1970 accepted as Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs & Staiger, 1970)
  43. Species Cypselurus minos Nichols & Breder, 1930 accepted as Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  44. Species Cypselurus monroei Nichols & Breder, 1928 accepted as Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  45. Species Cypselurus multimaculatus Kotthaus, 1969 accepted as Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903)
  46. Species Cypselurus narassi (Günther, 1889) accepted as Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889)
  47. Species Cypselurus nigricans (Bennett, 1840) accepted as Cheilopogon nigricans (Bennett, 1840)
  48. Species Cypselurus oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853)
  49. Species Cypselurus pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831) accepted as Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  50. Species Cypselurus pitcairnensis Nichols & Breder, 1935 accepted as Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
  51. Species Cypselurus poeciploterus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  52. Species Cypselurus poicilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  53. Species Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919 accepted as Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847)
  54. Species Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe, 1841 accepted as Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  55. Species Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon simus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  56. Species Cypselurus smithi Breder & Nichols, 1930 accepted as Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  57. Species Cypselurus speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847)
  58. Species Cypselurus spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865) accepted as Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865)
  59. Species Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  60. Species Cypselurus spilurus (Günther, 1866) accepted as Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)
  61. Species Cypselurus suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938) accepted as Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938)
  62. Species Cypselurus unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847)
  63. Species Cypselurus ventralis Nichols & Breder, 1935 accepted as Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
  64. Species Cypselurus vitropinna Breder, 1927 accepted as Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815)
  65. Species Cypselurus zaca Seale, 1935 accepted as Prognichthys brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
N. H. Fishes etc., 1
page(s): 299 [details] 
Taxonomic remark In 1838 as genus Cypsilurus and type by monotypy; then 1839 as Cypsilurus subgenus of Exocoetus. Spelled Cypsilurus 5 times...  
Taxonomic remark In 1838 as genus Cypsilurus and type by monotypy; then 1839 as Cypsilurus subgenus of Exocoetus. Spelled Cypsilurus 5 times (including index) by Swainson, but ICZN (Opinion 26) ruled that this was in error for Cypselurus. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Cypselurus Swainson, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1283789 on 2025-03-17
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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db_admin
2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description N. H. Fishes etc., 1
page(s): 299 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Cypselurus Lowe, 1841) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 8
page(s): 38 [details] 

original description (of Cyprilurus De Kay, 1842) Zool. N. York
page(s): 231 [details] 

original description (of Cypsilurus Swainson, 1839) N. H. Fishes etc., 2, 187
page(s): 296 [details] 

original description (of Parexocoetoides Fowler, 1944) Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 6
page(s): 420 [details] 

original description (of Maculocoetus Whitley & Colefax, 1938) Whitley, G.P. & Colefax, A.N. (1938). Fishes from Nauru, Gilbert Islands, Oceania. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 63 (pts 3-4) (nos. 277-278): 282-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34953035
page(s): 287 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Taxonomic remark In 1838 as genus Cypsilurus and type by monotypy; then 1839 as Cypsilurus subgenus of Exocoetus. Spelled Cypsilurus 5 times (including index) by Swainson, but ICZN (Opinion 26) ruled that this was in error for Cypselurus. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Exocoetus appendiculatus Wood 1825 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Maculocoetus Whitley & Colefax, 1938)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Maculocoetus Whitley & Colefax, 1938)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cyselorus)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Cyselurus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Zonocypselurus Parin & Bogorodsky, 2011)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cypsilurus Swainson, 1839)
To WoRMS (from synonym Parexocoetoides Fowler, 1944)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cypserulus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Maculocoetus Whitley & Colefax, 1938)
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