Cheilopogon is a genus of flyingfishes. They are found worldwide except the Antarctic and Arctic oceans.
Species
Currently, 29 species in this genus are recognized:
- Cheilopogon abei <small>Parin, 1996</small> (Abe's flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon agoo <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small> (Japanese flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon altipennis <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (smallhead flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon arcticeps <small>(Günther, 1866)</small> (white-finned flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon atrisignis <small>(O. P. Jenkins, 1903)</small> (glider flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon cyanopterus <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (margined flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon doederleinii <small>(Steindachner, 1887)</small>
- Cheilopogon dorsomacula <small>(Fowler, 1944)</small> (backspot flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon exsiliens <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small> (bandwing flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon furcatus <small>(Mitchill, 1815)</small> (spotfin flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon heterurus <small>(Rafinesque, 1810)</small> (Mediterranean flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon hubbsi <small>(Parin, 1961)</small> (blotchwing flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon intermedius <small>Parin, 1961</small> (intermediate flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon katoptron <small>(Bleeker, 1866)</small> (Indonesian flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon melanurus <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Atlantic flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon milleri <small>(Gibbs & Staiger, 1970)</small> (Guinean flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon nigricans <small>(F. D. Bennett, 1840)</small> (blacksail flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon olgae <small>Parin, 2009</small>
- Cheilopogon papilio <small>(H. W. Clark, 1936)</small> (butterfly flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus <small>(E. T. Bennett, 1831)</small>
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus <small>(J. G. Cooper, 1863)</small> (California flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus <small>(V. Franz, 1910)</small>
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus <small>(J. D. Ogilby, 1885)</small> (Australasian flying fish)
- Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus pinnatibarbatus <small>(E. T. Bennett, 1831)</small> (Bennett's flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon pitcairnensis <small>(Nichols & Breder, 1935)</small>
- Cheilopogon rapanouiensis <small>Parin, 1961</small> (Easter Island flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon spilonotopterus <small>(Bleeker, 1866)</small> (stained flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon spilopterus <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (manyspotted flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon suttoni <small>(Whitley & Colefax, 1938)</small> (Sutton's flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon unicolor <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (limpid-wing flyingfish)
- Cheilopogon ventralis <small>(Nichols & Breder, 1935)</small>
- Cheilopogon xenopterus <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small> (whitetip flyingfish)
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