Cheilopogon

Cheilopogon is a genus of flyingfishes.

Species

Currently, 29 species in this genus are recognized:^[2]

• Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996 (Abe's flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) (smallhead flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) (white-finned flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon atrisignis (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (glider flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (margined flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)
• Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) (backspot flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771) (bandwing flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) (spotfin flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961) (blotchwing flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 (intermediate flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1866) (Indonesian flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) (Atlantic flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs & Staiger, 1970) (Guinean flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon nigricans (F. D. Bennett, 1840) (blacksail flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009
• Cheilopogon papilio (H. W. Clark, 1936) (butterfly flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (E. T. Bennett, 1831)
  • Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus (J. G. Cooper, 1863) (California flyingfish)
  • Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus (V. Franz, 1910)
  • Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australasian flying fish)
  • Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus pinnatibarbatus (E. T. Bennett, 1831) (Bennett's flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
• Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1961 (Easter Island flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1866) (stained flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) (manyspotted flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938) (Sutton's flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) (limpid-wing flyingfish)
• Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)
• Cheilopogon xenopterus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (whitetip flyingfish)

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