comatus, Exocoetus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:448, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Cheilopogon comatus (Mitchill 1815) -- (McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:943 [ref. 23897], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:103 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1992:318 [ref. 23827], Monteiro et al. 1998:399 [ref. 23732], Parin 2003:1126 [ref. 27018], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2019:186 [ref. 37342], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 10 [ref. 38321], Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353], Carvalho-Filho 2023:89 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill 1815). Exocoetidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Espírito Santo (Brazil), including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.