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Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) 
AphiaID: 126382

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Exocoetidae (Family) > Cheilopogon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cheilopogon Lowe, 1841
Synonymised
taxa
  Cheilopogon heterurus heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Exocetus procne De Filippi & Verany, 1857
Exocoetus heterurus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
Exocoetus maculipinnis Vinciguerra, 1883
Exocoetus procne De Filippi & Verany, 1857
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hardy, J.D. Jr. 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. An atlas of egg, larval and juveniles stages. Volume II. Anguillidae through Syngnathidae. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-78/12. 458 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details]


additional source: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details]


additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Parin, N.V. (1973). Belonidae (pp. 258-260), Scomberesocidae (pp. 261-262), Exocoetidae (pp. 263-267), Hemiramphidae (pp 268-269) in Hureau, J.-C.; Monod, T. (1973). Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. Unesco, Paris. v. 1: i-xxii + 1-683. [ref. 6590]
page(s): 58 [details] [view taxon]


context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian peshku fluturues i Mesdheut  [details]
Danish flyvefisk  [details]
English Atlantic flying-fish  [details]
English Mediterranean flyingfish  [details]
Hebrew דאון אטלנטי  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål flygefisk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk flygefisk  [details]
Turkish ucan balik  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 
Subspecies Cheilopogon heterurus doederleini (Steindachner, 1887) accepted as Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)
Subspecies Cheilopogon heterurus heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Subspecies Cheilopogon heterurus hubbsi Parin, 1961 accepted as Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic. Found north in Chesapeake Bay to mouth of Potomac River, also coast of New Jersey, and Atlantic coast of Maryland. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126382
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126382 on 2013-05-23
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