Cheilopogon is a genus of flyingfishes. They are found worldwide except the Antarctic and Arctic oceans.
| Cheilopogon | |
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| C. pinnatibarbatus japonicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Exocoetidae |
| Subfamily: | Cypsellurinae |
| Genus: | Cheilopogon Lowe, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Cypselurus pulchellus | |
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Species
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Currently, 29 species in this genus are recognized:[2]
- Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996 (Abe's flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) (smallhead flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) (white-finned flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon atrisignis (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (glider flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (margined flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)
- Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) (backspot flyingfish)
C. abei - Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) (spotfin flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961) (blotchwing flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 (intermediate flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1866) (Indonesian flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Atlantic flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs & Staiger, 1970) (Guinean flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon nigricans (F. D. Bennett, 1840) (blacksail flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009
- Cheilopogon papilio (H. W. Clark, 1936) (butterfly flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (E. T. Bennett, 1831)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus (J. G. Cooper, 1863) (California flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus (V. Franz, 1910)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australasian flying fish)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus pinnatibarbatus (E. T. Bennett, 1831) (Bennett's flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
- Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1961 (Easter Island flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1866) (stained flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (manyspotted flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938) (Sutton's flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) (limpid-wing flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
- Cheilopogon xenopterus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (whitetip flyingfish)
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References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cheilopogon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cheilopogon". FishBase. June 2012 version.
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