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Cheilopogon  Lowe, 1841
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165433

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Maculocoetus Whitley and Colefax, 1938
  
    Ptenichthys Müller, 1843
  
    Cheilopogon (Amustotrogon) Shakhovskoy and Parin, 2019
  
    Cheilopogon (Paracypselurus) Parin, 1961
  
    Cypsilurus (Eucypsilurus) Bruun, 1935
  
    Cypsilurus (Procypsilurus) Bruun, 1935
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 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 Risso, 1827 – flyingfishes, exocets, voladores  
                                        GenusCheilopogon Lowe, 1841  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese Flyingfish, volador japonés, Poisson-volant du Japon 
                                           Species Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847)  
                                           Species Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) – Bearhead Flyingfish, White-finned Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903) – Glider Flyingfish, volador planeador 
                                           Species Cheilopogon californicus (Cooper, 1863)  
                                           Species Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847) – Margined Flyingfish, volador de borde oscuro, volador azul, volador bordiblanco, exocet codène 
                                           Species Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner in Steindachner and Döderlein, 1887)  
                                           Species Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) – Blackspot Flyingfish, volador lomo manchado 
                                           Species Cheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771) – Bandwing Flyingfish, volador bandeado, volador campechano 
                                           Species Cheilopogon fisunovi Parin and Belyanina, 1998  
                                           Species Cheilopogon formosus (Kotthaus, 1969)  
                                           Species Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) – exocet à nageoires tachetées, Spotfin Flyingfish, volador ala manchada, exocet tacheté 
                                           Species Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) – Atlantic flyingfish, blotchwing flyingfish, volador ala lunada, Piebald Flyingfish, Mediterranean Flyingfish, juriola, exocet méditerranéen, Atlantic Blotchwing Flyingfish, volador ala lunada del Atlántico 
                                           Species Cheilopogon hubbsi Parin, 1961 – volador ala lunada, Blotchwing Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 – Intermediate Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon katherinae Shakhovskoy and Parin, 2019  
                                           Species Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1865) – Indonesian Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon marisrubri Shakhovskoy and Parin, 2019  
                                           Species Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847) – volador de banda estrecha, volador blanquito, Atlantic Flyingfish, exocet atlantique, volador atlantico 
                                           Species Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs and Staiger, 1970) – Guinean Flyingfish, exocet de Guinée, volador de Guinea 
                                           Species Cheilopogon nigricans (Bennett, 1840) – Blacksail Flyingfish, volador africano, exocet africain 
                                           Species Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009  
                                           Species Cheilopogon papilio (Clark, 1936) – Butterfly Flyingfish, volador mariposa 
                                           Species Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831) – great blacktailed flyingfish, spotted flyingfish, Smallhead Flyingfish, volador cabecita, volador de Bennett, exocet de Bennett, Bennett's Flyingfish, Tallfin Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols and Breder, 1935)  
                                           Species Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1961  
                                           Species Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865) – Stained Flyingfish, volador jaspeado 
                                           Species Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847) – Manyspotted Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley and Colefax, 1938) – exocet de Sutton, Sutton's Flyingfish 
                                           Species Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847) – Limpidwing Flyingfish, volador aletas límpidas 
                                           Species Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols and Breder, 1935)  
                                           Species Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890) – volador puntas blancas, Whitetip Flyingfish 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: William N. Eschmeyer  
  Notes: Senior Curator and Chairman, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118-4599, USA   
  Reference for: Cheilopogon    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 13-Jan-2026, website (version 13-Jan-26)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2026. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 16 Jan 2026   
  Reference for: Cheilopogon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cheilopogon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Cheilopogon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cheilopogon   
       

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