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Species in the genus Exocoetus: [ 17 ] records

borodini, Halocypselus Nichols [J. T.] & Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1932:1, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 561; ref. 13300] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: MCZ 6216. Paratypes: AMNH 9698 [ex MCZ] (1). •Synonym of Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846 -- (Fricke 1999:122 [ref. 24106], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S44 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

chiliensis, Exocetus Abbott [C. C.] 1861:472 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 12 (for Oct. 1860); ref. 15622] Chile. Syntypes: ANSP 7498-99 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:102 [ref. 13621]. Genus misspelled Exocetus. •Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S33 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

commersonnii, Exocoetus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1803:401, 403 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] No locality. No types known. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:23 [ref. 22813]. •Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Fricke 1999:122 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

evolans, Exocoetus Linnaeus [C.] 1766:521 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Oceanico Hispanico [Jamaica, Caribbean Sea]; Brazil; India. Surviving syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.181 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin) Jamaica. Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:216 [ref. 13434]. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Exocoetus pinnis ventralibus brevissimis ...' of Gronow 1763:116 [ref. 1910], which is based on the 'Exocoetus pennis pectoralibus longissimis ...' of Browne 1756:442 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica], the 'Pirabebe' of Piso 1658:61 (v. 3) [ref. 30353] [Brazil], the 'Piscis alatus s(ive) Hirundo marina' of Kundmann 1726:94 [ref. 30351], the 'Mugil alatus' of Gesner 1558:Pl. 72 [ref. 30350], and the 'Boladorus' of Acosta 1596:Cap. 15 (v. 3) [ref. 30348]. •Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin 1973:263 [ref. 7191], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:172 [ref. 25013], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S33 [ref. 25770], Russell & van Oijen 2021:436 [ref. 38177]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

gaussianus, Exocoetus Lampe [M.] 1914:224, Pl. 11 (fig. 6) [Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 13334] Atlantic, 2°09'N, 17°38'W. Holotype: ZMB 19284. Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:144 [ref. 19981]. •Synonym of Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther 1866 -- (Parin 1973:263 [ref. 7191], Parin & Gibbs 1990:587 [ref. 16545], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S51 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther 1866. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

georgianus, Exocoetus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:136 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Indian Ocean, 5°S, 90°E. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0601. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1996-0141 [ex MNHN 0000-0601], B-0841 (1). Type catalog: Bruun 1937:187 [ref. 12982], Collette et al. 1997:11 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype established by Bruun 1937:187 [ref. 12982]. •Synonym of Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846 -- (Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S44 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

gibbosus, Exocoetus Parin [N. V.] & Shakhovskoy [I. B.] 2000:S56, Fig. 13 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (suppl. 1); ref. 25770] Tonga Islands, 20°12'S, 173°05'W. Holotype: ZIN 52026. Paratypes: SIO 61-81 (1), 63-535 (1); SMF 28115 (1); USNM 299708 (1); ZIN 52027-28 (1, 1), ZMMGU 20616-19 (3, 1, 1, 1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:728 [ref. 29073], Shakhovskoy 2011:675 [ref. 32460], Stewart & Struthers 2015:960 [ref. 34274], Lewallen et al. 2017:1753 [ref. 35395], Shakhovskoy 2018:44 [ref. 36429]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Southwestern and southern central Pacific: 12°S-38°S Habitat: marine.

holubii, Exocoetus Steindachner [F.] 1881:54 [38] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 44 (no. 1); ref. 13333] West Africa at the Equator. Holotype (unique): NMW 76604. Species not included in earlier abstract [ref. 20482]. On p. 38 of separate. •Synonym of Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther 1866 -- (Parin 1973:263 [ref. 7191], Parin & Gibbs 1990:587 [ref. 16545], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S51 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther 1866. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

melanopus, Exocoetus Günther [A.] 1868:459 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6); ref. 1993] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1868.2.29.54. •Synonym of Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846 -- (Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S44 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

mesogaster, Exocoetus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:17, Pl. 399 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Indian Ocean. Lectotype: ZMB 2894. Paralectotypes: ZMB 33077 [ex ZMB 2894] (1) Indian Ocean. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:80 [ref. 24282]. On p. 12 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Based on Plumier manuscript with West Indies locality and on 2 specimens from the Indian Ocean. •Believed to be a senior synonym of Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Paepke 1999:80 [ref. 24282]). •Valid as Exocoetus mesogaster Bloch 1795 -- (Nión et al. 2016:42 [ref. 35565]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus mesogaster Bloch 1795. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

mesogaster, Halocypselus Weinland [D. F.] 1858 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 6 (1856-1859); ref. 4615] Coast of North America. No types known. •Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S33 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

monocirrhus, Exocaetus Richardson [J.] 1846:265 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Sea of China, western North Pacific. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Original genus should have been Exocoetus. •Valid as Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:80 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Parin 1986:394 [ref. 6293], Paxton et al. 1989:333 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:15 [ref. 13251], Parin in Fischer et al. 1995:1100 [ref. 22829], Parin 1996:301 [ref. 23179], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:137 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:249 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:176 [ref. 24555], Fricke 1999:122 [ref. 24106], Parin 1999:2176 [ref. 24786], Nakabo 2000:553 [ref. 25086], Parin in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S44 [ref. 25770], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:553 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Love et al. 2005:65 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:288 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:729 [ref. 29073], Fricke et al. 2009:31 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:82 [ref. 31256], Kharin & Saveliev 2011:554 [ref. 32456] as monochirus in key, Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Larson et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32988], Parin et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33547], Psomadakis et al. 2015:179 [ref. 34104], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Lewallen et al. 2017:1753 [ref. 35395], Fricke et al. 2018:103 [ref. 35805], Shakhovskoy 2018:43 [ref. 36429], Fricke et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36673], Jayakumar et al. 2019:703 [ref. 37111], Psomadakis et al. 2020:344 [ref. 37272], Love et al. 2021:94 [ref. 39279], Shakhovskoy & Bogorodsky 2021:383 [ref. 38589], Shakhovskoy & Collette 2022:350 [ref. 39717]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Southern-central Atlantic: Saint Helena; Indo-Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia; eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

obtusirostris, Exocoetus Günther [A.] 1866:283 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Cape Verde Islands; New Orleans, Louisiana; India and the open sea [evidently not this species]. Syntypes: (13+) BMNH 1845.3.19.139-141 (3), 1845.6.21.14 (1), 1845.11.9.95 (1) New Orleans, 1849.9.22.6 (1) (India), 1862.8.14.48 (1) open sea, 1864.4.18.2 (1), 1864.6.6.51 (1) Cape Verde Is., 1865.1.17.9-10 (2), 1866.4.10.2 (1). The description was evidently based on the specimen from the Cape Verde Islands (BMNH 1864.6.6.51) which Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S51 [ref. 25770] regarded as the holotype, but it is correctly regarded as the described syntype as no holotype was established in the original description. •Valid as Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther 1866 -- (Parin 1973:263 [ref. 7191], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:616 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:103 [ref. 23100], Paxton et al. 1989:333 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:50 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:143 [ref. 24556], Parin & Gibbs 1990:587 [ref. 16545], Cervigón 1991:214 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:82 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:319 [ref. 23827], Parin in Fischer et al. 1995:1100 [ref. 22829], Parin 1996:301 [ref. 23179], Santos et al. 1997:68 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:63 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:948 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:176 [ref. 24555], Porteiro et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24203], Parin 1999:2176 [ref. 24786], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:172 [ref. 25013], Randall 1999:8 [ref. 25829], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S51 [ref. 25770], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:176 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:1127 [ref. 27018], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27192], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:73 [ref. 31601], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:35 [ref. 36649], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32972], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2016:2146 [ref. 34602], Lewallen et al. 2017:1753 [ref. 35395], Shakhovskoy 2018:44 [ref. 36429], Brown et al. 2019:165 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:201 [ref. 37250], Parin et al. 2019:191 [ref. 37342], Reiner 2019:136 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2020:47 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:53 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:270 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:88 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther 1866. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Atlantic: north to 41°N, south to 40°30'S (including Mediterranean Sea). Habitat: marine.

peruvianus, Exocoetus Parin [N. V.] & Shakhovskoy [I. B.] 2000:S58, Fig. 14 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (suppl. 1); ref. 25770] Peru, southeastern Pacific, 8°01'S, 82°30'W, surface. Holotype: ZIN 52029. Paratypes: USNM uncat. (1); ZIN 52030 (1); ZMMGU 20620 (2), 20621 (6). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000 -- (Lewallen et al. 2017:1753 [ref. 35395], Shakhovskoy 2018:44 [ref. 36429]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Peru south to off northern Chile. Habitat: marine.

vagabundus, Exocoetus volitans Whitley [G. P.] 1937:216 [Australian Zoologist v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 4690] Tasman Sea halfway between Sydney, Australia and Lord Howe Island. Holotype: AMS IA.6854. •Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:333 [ref. 12442], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S33 [ref. 25770], Paxton et al. 2006:729 [ref. 29073]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

volans, Exocaetus Solander [D. C.] in Richardson 1846:264 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Seas of China and Polynesia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Original genus should have been Exocoetus. Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S33 [ref. 25770]). Current status: Synonym of Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Habitat: marine.

volitans, Exocoetus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:316 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Open ocean off Europe and America. Syntypes: ZMUU Linn. Coll. 59 (1). Type catalog: Lönnberg 1896:25 [ref. 23530], Wheeler 1991:167, Fig. 9 [ref. 20102]. •Valid as Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin 1973:263 [ref. 7191], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Dor 1984:60 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:80 [ref. 6441], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:616 [ref. 13676], Heemstra & Parin 1986:394 [ref. 6293], Robins & Ray 1986:103 [ref. 23100], Paxton et al. 1989:333 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:50 [ref. 14125], Winterbottom et al. 1989:15 [ref. 13251], Parin & Gibbs 1990:587 [ref. 16545], Cervigón 1992:319 [ref. 23827], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:146 [ref. 25472], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Gomon et al. 1994:387 [ref. 22532], Allen & Robertson 1994:89 [ref. 22193], Parin in Fischer et al. 1995:1101 [ref. 22829], Parin 1996:301 [ref. 23179], Santos et al. 1997:68 [ref. 23531], Chen et al. 1997:26 [ref. 26476], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:247 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:63 [ref. 24952], Monteiro et al. 1998:400 [ref. 23732], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:949 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:176 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:8 [ref. 24670], Sarkar et al. 1998:131 [ref. 24988], Fricke 1999:122 [ref. 24106], Parin 1999:2176 [ref. 24786], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:172 [ref. 25013], Mishra et al. 1999:84 [ref. 25315], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466], Nakabo 2000:553 [ref. 25086], Parin in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2000:S33 [ref. 25770], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Kim et al. 2001:107 [ref. 25722], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:175 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:553 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:221, 547 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:1128 [ref. 27018], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Love et al. 2005:65 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:288 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:729 [ref. 29073], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Wirtz et al. 2007:27 [ref. 30263], Gomon 2008:404 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2009:31 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:35 [ref. 36649], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:62 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32972], Wirtz et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32988], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Parin et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33547], Psomadakis et al. 2015:180 [ref. 34104], Stewart & Struthers 2015:961 [ref. 34274], Pinheiro et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34324], Parin & Shakhovskoy 2016:2147 [ref. 34602], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Nión et al. 2016:42 [ref. 35565], Lewallen et al. 2017:1753 [ref. 35395], Fricke et al. 2018:103 [ref. 35805], Shakhovskoy 2018:43 [ref. 36429], Brown et al. 2019:165 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:201 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36673], Jayakumar et al. 2019:703 [ref. 37111], Parin et al. 2019:196 [ref. 37342], Reiner 2019:136 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:42 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 10 [ref. 38321], Kovačić et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:345 [ref. 37272], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:302 [ref. 38945], Kovačić et al. 2021:53 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:94 [ref. 39279], Shakhovskoy & Bogorodsky 2021:383 [ref. 38589], Fermon et al. 2022:270 [ref. 39448], Shakhovskoy & Collette 2022:351 [ref. 39717], Carvalho-Filho 2023:87 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea). Habitat: marine.