Cypselurus

Cypselurus
Yellow-wing Flying Fish (C. poecilopterus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Exocoetidae
Genus:	Cypselurus Swainson, 1838
Species
Twelve recognized - see text.

Cypselurus is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae.

Species

Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Cypselurus angusticeps (Nichols & Breder, 1935) — narrowhead flying fish
• Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866) — ornamented flying fish, beautyfin flying fish
• Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815) — clearwing flying fish
• Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853) — darkbar flying fish
• Cypselurus hiraii (T. Abe, 1953)
• Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1861)
• Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889) — Pharao flying fish
• Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) — large-scale flying fish
• Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865) — black-finned flying fish
• Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish
• Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) — short-nosed flying fish
• Cypselurus starksi (T. Abe, 1953)

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