WoRMS taxon details
Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865)
278734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278734)
accepted
Species
Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Cypselurus crockeri Seale, 1935 · unaccepted
Cypselurus spilurus (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted
Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865 · unaccepted
Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cypselurus opisthopus hiraii Abe, 1953 accepted as Cypselurus hiraii Abe, 1953
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865) Bleeker, P. (1865). Sur les espèces d'Exocet de l'Inde Archipélagique. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 3: 105-129.
page(s): 121 [details]
page(s): 121 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278734 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865) Bleeker, P. (1865). Sur les espèces d'Exocet de l'Inde Archipélagique. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 3: 105-129.
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1861). On three new trachinoid fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v7 (no. 38) (art. 12): 85-90, Pl. 10A. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1861). On three new trachinoid fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v7 (no. 38) (art. 12): 85-90, Pl. 10A. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypselurus crockeri Seale, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cypselurus opisthopus)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus crockeri Seale, 1935)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spilurus (Günther, 1866))
To FishBase images (Cypselurus opisthopus, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cypselurus opisthopus FIN028138 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cypselurus opisthopus)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus caudimaculatus Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus crockeri Seale, 1935)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus spilurus Günther, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus spilurus (Günther, 1866))
To FishBase images (Cypselurus opisthopus, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus opisthopus Bleeker, 1865)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cypselurus opisthopus FIN028138 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
