oligolepis, Exocoetus Bleeker [P.] 1865:109 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 3; ref. 418] East Indian Archipelago: Singapore, Jakarta, Java, Boleling, Bali, Sumatra (Makassar), Sulawesi, Labuha, Batjan, Neira, Banda Islands. Lectotype: BMNH 1866.5.2.31. Paralectotypes: (17) ?AMS I.57 (1), ?AMS I.58 (1), ?RMNH 12054 (8), SMNS 12817 [ex ZIH 305] (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:10 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:38 [ref. 29864] Lectotype selected by Shakhovskoy & Parin 2022:18 [ref. 39123]. •Valid as Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker 1865) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:90 [ref. 22896], Parin 1996:302 [ref. 23179], Carpenter et al. 1997:129 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:27 [ref. 26476], Parin 1999:2174 [ref. 24786], Parin in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Barman & Mishra 2006:13 [ref. 41388], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:38 [ref. 33932], Ali et al. 2018:315 [ref. 36183], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:22 [ref. 37020], Jayakumar et al. 2019:703 [ref. 37111], Psomadakis et al. 2020:343 [ref. 37272], Shakhovskoy & Bogorodsky 2021:383 [ref. 38589], Shakhovskoy & Collette 2022:349 [ref. 39717], Shakhovskoy & Parin 2022:16 [ref. 39123]). Current status: Valid as Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker 1865). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen) and Comoros east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to Vietnam and southern China, south to northwestern Australia. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.