WoRMS taxon details
Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
AphiaID: 217862
AphiaID: 217862
| 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 |
Cypselurus bahiensis (Ranzani, 1842) Cypselurus cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Cypselurus hewitti Smith, 1935 Cypselurus monroei Nichols & Breder, 1928 Cypselurus smithi Breder & Nichols, 1930 Cypsilurus cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (misspelling) Exocoetus albidactylus Gill, 1863 Exocoetus bahiensis Ranzani, 1842 Exocoetus cyanopterus Valenciennes, 1847 Exocoetus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1847 Exocoetus parrae Poey, 1868 Exocoetus solitarius Bennett, 1860 Exocoetus vermiculatus Poey, 1860 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (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: 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] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] 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 |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Nothobomolochus cypseluri indica Avdeev, 1977 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits both neritic and oceanic surface waters. Is capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface. Feeds mostly on crustaceans and other planktonic organisms; are often attracted to lights at night (Ref. 2797). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217862 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847). 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=217862 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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