Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 77

Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson 1846 —Barbel flyingfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from off Kavieng, New Ireland by Parin & Shakhovskoy (2000: S50).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Panama, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Epipelagic in oceanic waters, 0–20 m depth. Marine.