Exocoetus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:316 Masc. Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Spelled Exoceothus, Exocetus, Exocaetus, and Exococtus in early literature. •Valid as Exocoetus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin 1960:215 [ref. 13299], Parin 1973:263 [ref. 7191], Parin & Astakhov 1982:283 [ref. 26258], Collette et al. 1984:338 [ref. 11422], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:80 [ref. 6441], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:615 [ref. 13676], Heemstra & Parin 1986:394 [ref. 6293], Paxton et al. 1989:333 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:386 [ref. 22532], Dasilao & Sasaki 1998:348 [ref. 23623], Parin 1999:2163 [ref. 24786], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S32 [ref. 25770], Parin 2003:1118 [ref. 27018], Paxton et al. 2006:728 [ref. 29073], Gomon 2008:404 [ref. 30616], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:35 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Struthers 2015:960 [ref. 34274], Lewallen et al. 2017:1751 [ref. 35395], Fricke et al. 2018:103 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:165 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae.