Species that contain: Cypselurus and naresii [ 5 ] records

albitaenia, Cypselurus naresii Shakhovskoy [I. B.] & Parin [N. V.] 2024:66, Figs. 21B, 22D-F, 27, 28 [Zootaxa 5473 (no. 1); ref. 41246] R/V Pantikapei, western Indian Ocean, 9°19'S, 73°12'E. Holotype: ZMMU P-24609. Paratypes: IOM 04175 (1), 04221 (1). •Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889), but a valid subspecies as described. Current status: Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Western and Central Indian Ocean: East Africa to Nicobar Islands, Gulf of Oman and probably south to Madagascar [this subspecies]. Habitat: marine.

naresii, Exocoetus Günther [A.] 1889:36, Pl. 1 (fig. A) [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 31 (pt 78); ref. 2017] Between Fiji and Vanuatu. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1889.7.20.9. •Valid as Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:80 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:15 [ref. 13251], Parin 1996:302 [ref. 23179], Fricke 1999:121 [ref. 24106], Parin 1999:2174 [ref. 24786], Nakabo 2000:560 [ref. 25086], Parin in Randall & Lim 2000:600 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:560 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Fricke et al. 2009:30 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Yoshida et al. 2013:60 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:103 [ref. 35805], Jayakumar et al. 2019:703 [ref. 37111], Psomadakis et al. 2020:343 [ref. 37272], Ray et al. 2020:1562 [ref. 37946] as naressi, Shakhovskoy & Bogorodsky 2021:383 [ref. 38589], Shakhovskoy & Collette 2022:348 [ref. 39717], Shakhovskoy & Parin 2024:60 [ref. 41246]). Current status: Valid as Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to southeastern Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

ordinarius, Cypselurus naresii Shakhovskoy [I. B.] & Parin [N. V.] 2024:61, Figs. 18, 19, 21A, 22A-C, 23 [Zootaxa 5473 (no. 1); ref. 41246] R/V Vityaz cruise 36, Station 5342, eastern Indian Ocean, 9°20'S, 111°53'E. Holotype: ZMMU P-24607. Paratypes: USNM 193294 (1), ZMUC P34924 (1). •Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889), but a valid subspecies as described. Current status: Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Eastern Indo-West Pacific: Coromandel coast of India, Sri Laka, east to Indonesia, New Guinea and Tonkin Bay, Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

septentrionalis, Cypselurus naresii Shakhovskoy [I. B.] & Parin [N. V.] 2024:64, Fig. 26 [Zootaxa 5473 (no. 1); ref. 41246] R/V Vityaz cruise 50, Station 6496, western Pacific, 29°51'N, 131°10'E. Holotype: ZMMU P-24608. Paratype: IOM 04251 (1). •Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889), but a valid subspecies as described. Current status: Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Taiwan to Japan, East China Sea [this subspecies]. Habitat: marine.

socotranus, Exococtus Steindachner [F.] 1902:318 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 39 (no. 24) (art. 76); ref. 14894] Between Abdal Kuri and Socotra Island, Yemen. Holotype (unique): NMW 84634. Original description with misspelling as above, later changed to "Exocoetus socotranus n. sp. (?) an E. brachysoma Blkr.?" and described in detail in Steindachner 1903:155 [ref. 15046]. •Valid as Hirundichthys socotranus (Steindachner 1902) -- (Dor 1984:61 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:62 [ref. 35264] uncertain status). •Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889) -- (Shakhovskoy & Bogorodsky 2021:380 [ref. 38589]). •Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Shakhovskoy & Parin 2024:70 [ref. 41246]). Current status: Synonym of Cypselurus naresii (Günther 1889). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra, southern Red Sea [this subspecies]. Habitat: marine.