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Cypselurus is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. They are found across Indo-Pacific to western Atlantic ocean.
Species
Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus:
Cypselurus angusticeps (Nichols & Breder, 1935) — narrowhead flying fish
Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866) — ornamented flying fish, beautyfin flying fish
Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815) — clearwing flying fish
Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853) — darkbar flying fish
Cypselurus hiraii (T. Abe, 1953)
Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1861)
Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889) — Pharao flying fish
Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) — large-scale flying fish
Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865) — black-finned flying fish
Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish
Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) — short-nosed flying fish
Cypselurus starksi (T. Abe, 1953)
See also
Shakhovskoy, I.B., and N.V. Parin (2019). A review of the flying fish genus Cypselurus (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae). Part 1. Revision of the subgenus Zonocypselurus Parin and Bogorodsky, 2011 with descriptions of one new subgenus, four new species and two new subspecies and reinstatement of one species as valid. Zootaxa 4589(1): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4589.1.1