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Cheilopogon heterurus  (Rafinesque, 1810)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 616688

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  
  Common Name(s): Atlantic flyingfish [English]
  
    blotchwing flyingfish [English]
  
    volador ala lunada [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderBeloniformes  – aiguilles de mer, orphies, needlefishes  
                               SuborderBelonoidei   
                                  SuperfamilyExocoetoidea   
                                     FamilyExocoetidae  – flyingfishes, exocets, voladores  
                                        GenusCheilopogon Lowe, 1841  
                                           SpeciesCheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) – Atlantic flyingfish, blotchwing flyingfish, volador ala lunada  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Cheilopogon heterurus heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)  
                                              Subspecies Cheilopogon heterurus hubbsi (Parin, 1961) – blotchwing flyingfish 
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Cheilopogon heterurus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Cheilopogon heterurus, blotchwing flyingfish [English], volador ala lunada [Spanish]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parin, N. V. / Carpenter, Kent E., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Exocoetidae: Flyingfishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication, no. 5: The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic, vol. 2: Bony fishes, part 1 (Acipenseridae to ...)   
  Page(s): 1116-1144   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104826-6, 1020-6868  
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  Reference for: Cheilopogon heterurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Cheilopogon heterurus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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