Cypselurus opisthopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Exocoetoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Beloniformes Subordo: Belonoidei Superfamilia: Exocoetoidea

Familia: Exocoetidae
Subfamilia: Cypselurinae
Genus: Cypselurus
Species: Cypselurus opisthopus

Name

Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)

Synonyms

• Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865: 109 (Original combination)
• Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934
• Cypselurus crockeri Seale, 1935: 350
  • Holotype: CAS 5506
  • Type locality: 'near Rennell Island when at sea between Kungava Bay and Tuhangango'.
• Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866
• Cypselurus spilurus (Günther, 1866)

References

Primary references

• Bleeker, P. 1866. Sur les espèces d’Exocet de l’Inde Archipélagique. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 3: 105–129. BHL Reference page. 
• Seale, A. 1935. The Templeton Crocker Expedition to western Polynesian and Melanesian islands, 1933. No. 27. Fishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (ser. 4) 21(27): 337–378. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Cypselurus opisthopus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Cypselurus opisthopus in the World Register of Marine Species