WoRMS taxon details
Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
272164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272164)
accepted
Species
Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Cypselurus spiloptetrus (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cypselurus spiloterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cypsilurus bilobatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 · unaccepted
Exocoetus spilopterus Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Exocoetus spilopterus 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. Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272164 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Exocoetus spilopterus 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 Cypsilurus bilobatus 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 Cypsilurus bilobatus 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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マトウトビウオ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypsilurus bilobatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus spilopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus spilopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypsilurus bilobatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spiloterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spiloptetrus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase images (Cheilopogon spilopterus, Sri Lanka, by FAO)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilopogon spilopterus USNM 408883 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilopogon spilopterus USNM 431580 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypsilurus bilobatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus spilopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus spilopterus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypsilurus bilobatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spiloterus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spiloptetrus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase images (Cheilopogon spilopterus, Sri Lanka, by FAO)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilopogon spilopterus USNM 408883 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilopogon spilopterus USNM 431580 lateral view)
To ITIS
