A review of the flying fish genus Cypselurus (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae). Part 1. Revision of the subgenus Zonocypselurus Parin and Bogorodsky, 2011 with descriptions of one new subgenus, four new species and two new subspecies and reinstatement of one species as valid
Author
Shakhovskoy, Ilia B.
Author
Parin, Nikolay V.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-23
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4589.1.1
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Cheilopogon formosus pseudospilopterus
subsp. nov.
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(
Figs. 2–7
; Tables 1–7)
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Cypsilurus spilopterus
(non Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes).
Weber & de Beaufort 1922: 187–188
(in part; description,
Indonesia
).
Cheilopogon spilopterus
(non Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes).
Parin 1996: 305
(in part: seas of South-East Asia).
Cypselurus hexazona
(non Bleeker). Parin 2000: 600 (in part; South
China
Sea).
Parin & Bogorodsky 2011: 683–686
[
658–660 in
English translation] (in part; description, distribution).
Representatives of this subspecies were previously identified as
C. hexazona
only at the juvenile stage. However, adults were identified as
Cheilopogon spilopterus
in all collections studied, because spots on pectoral fins make
Ch. spilopterus
and
Ch. formosus pseudospilopterus
difficult to distinguish. This prompted us to study an additional sample of
Ch. spilopterus
to find diagnostic characters.
Material examined.
Eighty-four specimens
23.5–163 mm
SL of
Ch. formosus pseudospilopterus
and
22 specimens
109–227 mm
SL of
Ch. spilopterus
.