WoRMS taxon details
Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
217871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217871)
accepted
Species
Evolantia micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)
Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840 · unaccepted
Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Subspecies Oxyporhamphus micropterus similis Bruun, 1935 accepted as Oxyporhamphus similis Bruun, 1935 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217871 on 2025-12-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840) Bennett, F. D. (1840). Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. <em>R. Bentley, London.</em> v. 2: i-vii + 1-395. [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840) Bennett, F. D. (1840). Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. <em>R. Bentley, London.</em> v. 2: i-vii + 1-395. [details]
original description (of Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smallwing flyingfish | [details] |
| Japanese | サヨリトビウオ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | volador alita | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Evolantia micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus) (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxyporhamphus micropterus)
To FishBase (from synonym Evolantia micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Evolantia micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus) (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxyporhamphus micropterus)
To FishBase (from synonym Evolantia micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus cuspidatus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemiramphus argenteus Bennett, 1840)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus micropterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To ITIS
