acutus, Exocoetus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:125 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Suriname. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3202. Type catalog: Bruun 1937:185-186 [ref. 12982], Collette et al. 1997:10 [ref. 22813]. •Valid as Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes 1847), valid subspecies acutus -- (Reiner 2019:137 [ref. 38139]). •Valid as Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:114 [ref. 9277], Parin & Gibbs 1990:588 [ref. 16545], Allen & Robertson 1994:89 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:78 [ref. 23101], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:139 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:254 [ref. 24023], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:950 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:175 [ref. 24555], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466] as species and subspecies, Parin & Belyanina 2002:294 [ref. 26169], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:65 [ref. 37547], Wirtz et al. 2007:27 [ref. 30263], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2016:2148 [ref. 34602], Kells et al. 2016:118 [ref. 35888], Lewallen et al. 2017:1753 [ref. 35395], Fermon et al. 2022:270 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes 1847). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Walvis Bay (Namibia), including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.