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Cypselurus
Cypselurus is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. They are found across Indo-Pacific to western Atlantic ocean.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Yellow-wing Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus poecilopterus
Largescale Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus oligolepis
Clearwing Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus comatus
Ornamented Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus callopterus
Cypselurus olpar
speciesCypselurus olpar
Darkbar Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus hexazona
Pharao Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus naresii
Short-nosed Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus simus
Cypselurus bosha
speciesCypselurus bosha
Black-finned Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus opisthopus
Narrowhead Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus angusticeps
Cypselurus starksi
speciesCypselurus starksi
Cypselurus neglectus
speciesCypselurus neglectus
Cypselurus clariangulatus
speciesCypselurus clariangulatus
Cypselurus izumii
speciesCypselurus izumii
Cypselurus nossibe
speciesCypselurus nossibe
Cypselurus persimilis
speciesCypselurus persimilis
Japanese Flyingfish
speciesCypselurus hiraii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87813.