xenopterus, Exocoetus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:58 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico (taken from a bird). Holotype (unique): USNM 44388. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1992:7 [ref. 19410]. •Valid as Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert 1890) -- (Parin in Fischer et al. 1995:1099 [ref. 22829], Parin 1996:304 [ref. 23179], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:137 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:253 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:177 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:65 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:93 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert 1890). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.