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], Barman et al. 2005:111 [ref. 41390], Barman & Mishra 2006:12 [ref. 41388], 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], Hata in Koeda & Ho 2019:431 [ref. 42208], 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. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. 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.