71 Species in Family Exocoetidae
Nominal species list for Exocoetidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996 Abe's flyingfish
Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Japanese flyingfish
Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) Smallhead flyingfish
Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) White-finned flyingfish
Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903) Glider flyingfish
Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Margined flyingfish
Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)
Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) Backspot flyingfish
Cheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771) Bandwing flyingfish
Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) Spotfin flyingfish
Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) Mediterranean flyingfish
Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961) Blotchwing flyingfish
Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 Intermediate flyingfish
Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1865) Indonesian flyingfish
Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) Atlantic flyingfish
Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs & Staiger, 1970) Guinean flyingfish
Cheilopogon nigricans (Bennett, 1840) Blacksail flyingfish
Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009
Cheilopogon papilio (Clark, 1936) Butterfly flyingfish
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus (Cooper, 1863) California flyingfish
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus (Franz, 1910)
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus (Ogilby, 1885)
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831) Bennett's flyingfish
Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1961 Easter island flyingfish
Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865) Stained flyingfish
Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Manyspotted flyingfish
Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938) Sutton's flyingfish
Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) Limpid-wing flyingfish
Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890) Whitetip flyingfish
Cypselurus angusticeps Nichols & Breder, 1935 Narrowhead flyingfish
Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866) Ornamented flyingfish
Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815) Clearwing flyingfish
Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853) Darkbar flyingfish
Cypselurus hiraii Abe, 1953
Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1961)
Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889) Pharao flyingfish
Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) Largescale flyingfish
Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865) Black-finned flyingfish
Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Yellowing flyingfish
Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) Short-nosed flyingfish
Cypselurus starksi Abe, 1953
Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 Oceanic flyingfish
Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846 Barbel flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866 Oceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 Tropical two-wing flyingfish
Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes, 1847) Sharpchin flyingfish
Fodiator rostratus (Günther, 1866)
Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866) Fourwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934) Whitespot flyingfish
Hirundichthys coromandelensis (Hornell, 1923) Coromandel flyingfish
Hirundichthys ilma (Clarke, 1899)
Hirundichthys indicus Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013
Hirundichthys marginatus (Nichols & Breder, 1928) Banded flyingfish
Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853) Bony flyingfish
Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) Black wing flyingfish
Hirundichthys rufipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847) Redfin flyingfish
Hirundichthys socotranus (Steindachner, 1902)
Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys volador (Jordan, 1884) Atlantic blackwing flyingfish
Parexocoetus brachypterus (Richardson, 1846) Sailfin flyingfish
Parexocoetus hillianus (Gosse, 1851) Flyingfish
Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) African sailfin flyingfish
Prognichthys brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847) Shortfin flyingfish
Prognichthys gibbifrons (Valenciennes, 1847) Bluntnose flyingfish
Prognichthys glaphyrae Parin, 1999 Gyre flyingfish
Prognichthys occidentalis Parin, 1999
Prognichthys sealei Abe, 1955 Sailor flyingfish
Prognichthys tringa Breder, 1928 Tringa flyingfish
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