affinis, Exocoetus Günther [A.] 1866:288 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Atlantic; West Africa; Cuba. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.12.26.455 (1) Cuba, BMNH 1845.6.22.59 (1) Atlantic, BMNH 1843.1.10.21 (2) West Africa. Type catalog: Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35195]. •Valid as Hirundichthys affinis (Günther 1866) -- (Burgess et al. 1980:77 [ref. 41504], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:198 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:105 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:308 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:128 [ref. 14674], Parin & Gibbs 1990:588 [ref. 16545], Cervigón 1991:217 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:82 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:319 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:951 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Monteiro et al. 1998:400 [ref. 23732], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:173 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:154 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Parin 2003:1129 [ref. 27018], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Shakhovskoy & Parin 2013:130 [ref. 32656], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Shakhivskoy & Parin 2013:509 [ref. 32929], Pinheiro et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34324], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2016:2149 [ref. 34602], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35195], Shakhovskoy 2018:51 [ref. 36429], Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509], Parin et al. 2019:199 [ref. 37342], Reiner 2019:137 [ref. 38139], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:303 [ref. 38945], Fermon et al. 2022:270 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:89 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:150 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hirundichthys affinis (Günther 1866). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New Brunswick (Canada) south to southeastern Brazil; eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Angola. Habitat: marine.