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THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.

Family: Exocoetidae · Clear filter

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
glider flyingfishCheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon californicus (Cooper, 1863)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
marginated flyingfishCheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blackspot flyingfishCheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bandwing flyingfishCheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
spotfin flyingfishCheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atlantic flying-fishCheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1865)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon marisrubri Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2019ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon melanocercus (Ogilby, 1885)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atlantic flyingfishCheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blacksail flyingfishCheilopogon nigricans (Bennett, 1840)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
butterfly flyingfishCheilopogon papilio (Clark, 1936)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bennett's flying fishCheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
stained flyingfishCheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
whitetip flyingfishCheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
narrowhead flyingfishCypselurus angusticeps Nichols & Breder, 1935ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus bosha Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2019ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
beautyfin flyingfishCypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
clearwing flyingfishCypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus hiraii Abe, 1953ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1961)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
pharao flyingfishCypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus olpar Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2019ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cypselurus starksi Abe, 1953ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
barbel flyingfishExocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
oceanic two-wing flyingfishExocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
flying fishExocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fodiator rostratus (Günther, 1866)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
fourwing flyingfishHirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hirundichthys coromandelensis (Hornell, 1923)ExocoetidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.