unicolor, Exocoetus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:97 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-2717. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-2716 (1), 0000-2718 (1). Type catalog: Bruun 1937:182 [ref. 12982], Collette et al. 1997:14 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype established by Bruun 1937:182 [ref. 12982]. •Valid as Cypselurus unicolor (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:82 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Fricke 1999:121 [ref. 24106], Parin 1999:2173 [ref. 24786], Parin in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Mundy 2005:286 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:322 [ref. 28867], Paxton et al. 2006:727 [ref. 29073], Parin 2009:274 [ref. 30171], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668]). Current status: Valid as Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes 1847). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes; Philippines east to Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands and Society Islands, north to Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga and Austral Islands; Revillagigedo Archipelago (Mexico). Habitat: marine.