Cypselurus
Encyclopedia
Cypselurus is a genus
of flyingfish
es in the family
Exocoetidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flyingfish
Flyingfish
Exocoetidae, is a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii. Fish of this family are known as flying fish. There are about 64 species grouped in seven to nine genera.- Etymology :...
es in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Exocoetidae.
Species
- Genus Cypselurus
- Narrowhead flyingfish, Cypselurus angusticeps Nichols & Breder, 1935
- Ornamented flyingfish, Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866)
- Clearwing flyingfish, Cypselurus comatus (MitchillSamuel Latham MitchillSamuel Latham Mitchill was an American physician, naturalist, and politician from New York. He was born in Hempstead, New York...
, 1815) - Cypselurus hexazona (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) - Cypselurus hiraii Abe, 1953
- Pharao flyingfish, Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889)
- Largescale flyingfish, Cypselurus oligolepis (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1866) - Black-finned flyingfish, Cypselurus opisthopus (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1866) - Yellow-wing flyingfish, Cypselurus poecilopterus (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1847) - Cypselurus starksi Abe, 1953