furcatus, Exocoetus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:449, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] Off New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:82 [ref. 6441], Robins & Ray 1986:104 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:307 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:128 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:82 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:318 [ref. 23827], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:180 [ref. 27969], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:154 [ref. 27754]). •Valid as Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Heemstra & Parin 1986:393 [ref. 6293], Paxton et al. 1989:332 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:15 [ref. 13251], Parin & Gibbs 1990:584 [ref. 16545], Parin in Fischer et al. 1995:1097 [ref. 22829], Parin 1996:306 [ref. 23179], Arruda 1997:63 [ref. 24952], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Parin & Belyanina 1998:583 [ref. 24104], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:946 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:121 [ref. 24106], Parin 1999:2170 [ref. 24786], Parin & Belyanina 2000:162 [ref. 24894], Parin in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Collette et al. 2003:102 [ref. 26784], Parin 2003:1123 [ref. 27018], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:129 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:285 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:725 [ref. 29073], Fricke et al. 2009:30 [ref. 30213], Parin 2009:274 [ref. 30171], Gomon 2008:403 [ref. 30616], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242]). •Valid as Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill 1815), subspecies furcatus -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:171 [ref. 25013], Motomura et al. 2010:81 [ref. 31256]). Current status: Valid as Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill 1815). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Islands). Habitat: marine.