WoRMS taxon details
Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853)
278732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278732)
accepted
Species
Cypselurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 · unaccepted
Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1969 · unaccepted
Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969 · unaccepted
Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Zonocypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Exocoetus hexazona, eene nieuwe soort van Banka. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 4 (no. 1): 206-207. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278732 on 2025-07-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Exocoetus hexazona, eene nieuwe soort van Banka. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 4 (no. 1): 206-207. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1969) Kotthaus, A. (1969). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, IV: Synentognathi. <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> 4: 1–30. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969) Kotthaus, A. (1969). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, IV: Synentognathi. <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> 4: 1–30. [details]
original description (of Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) Weber, M.; de Beaufort L. F. (1922). The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. IV. Heteromi, Solenichthyes, Synentognathi, Percesoces, Labyrinthici, Microcyprini. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> v. 4: i-xiii + 1-410. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1969) Kotthaus, A. (1969). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, IV: Synentognathi. <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> 4: 1–30. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969) Kotthaus, A. (1969). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, IV: Synentognathi. <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> 4: 1–30. [details]
original description (of Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) Weber, M.; de Beaufort L. F. (1922). The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. IV. Heteromi, Solenichthyes, Synentognathi, Percesoces, Labyrinthici, Microcyprini. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> v. 4: i-xiii + 1-410. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cypselurus hexazona)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1969)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Zonocypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Cypselurus hexazona, Thailand, by Hansasuta, C.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cypselurus hexazona)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1969)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypsilurus brevis Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Zonocypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Cypselurus hexazona, Thailand, by Hansasuta, C.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853)
To ITIS
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