Cheilopogon (Amustotrogon) formosus ( Kotthaus, 1969 ) Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2019

Shakhovskoy, Ilia B. & Parin, Nikolay V., 2019, A review of the flying fish genus Cypselurus (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae). Part 1. Revision of the subgenus Zonocypselurus Parin and Bogorodsky, 2011 with descriptions of one new subgenus, four new species and two new subspecies and reinstatement of one species as valid, Zootaxa 4589 (1), pp. 1-71 : 6

Cheilopogon (Amustotrogon) formosus ( Kotthaus, 1969) new combination

In 1969 Kotthaus described juveniles captured in waters of the west coast of India, which had dark bands on the body. He named them as a new species— Cypselurus formosus . Subsequently, Parin (1996) and Parin & Bogorodsky (2011) regarded this species as a junior synonym of Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker) . In the present work, we reestablish C. formosus as a valid species and also include in it two new subspecies.