Cheilopogon Lowe [R. T.] 1841:38 Masc. Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe 1841. Type by subsequent monotypy. Name published in synonymy of Cypselurus Swainson; first use as an available name before 1961 and type designation not researched, thought to be Lowe 1841. Spelled Chilopogon by Woods & Schultz in Schultz et al. 1953:177 [ref. 3975]. •Valid as Cheilopogon Lowe 1841 -- (Parin 1973:264 [ref. 7191], Collette et al. 1984:337 [ref. 11422], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:613 [ref. 13676], Heemstra & Parin 1986:392 [ref. 6293], Paxton et al. 1989:331 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:384 [ref. 22532], Parin & Belyanina 1996:753 [ref. 24664], Parin 1999:2165 [ref. 24786], Parin 2003:1119 [ref. 27018], Paxton et al. 2006:724 [ref. 29073], Gomon 2008:403 [ref. 30616], Parin 2009:271 [ref. 30171], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:35 [ref. 36649], Parin & Bogorodsky 2011:658 [ref. 31581], Parin et al. 2014:193 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Struthers 2015:956 [ref. 34274], Motomura et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:102 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:41 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:165 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36673], Shakhovskoy & Parin 2019:68 [ref. 36674], Shakhovskoy & Parin 2024:112 [ref. 41246]). Current status: Valid as Cheilopogon Lowe 1841. Exocoetidae.