Poecilocypselurus Bruun, 1935

Shakhovskoy, Ilia B. & Parin, Nikolay V., 2022, A review of the flying fish genus Cypselurus (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae). Part 2. Revision of the subgenus Poecilocypselurus Bruun, 1935 with descriptions of three new species and five new subspecies and reinstatement of Exocoetus apus Valenciennes and E. neglectus Bleeker, Zootaxa 5117 (1), pp. 1-109 : 5

Subgenus Poecilocypselurus Bruun, 1935

Type species Exocoetus callopterus Günther, 1866 .

Diagnosis of the subgenus Poecilocypselurus is given in Parin 1961b. The subgenus differs from Cypselurus s.str. in a more anterior pelvic fin origin (it is closer to the posterior end of head than to the origin of caudal fin lower lobe) and in absence of a chin barbel in juveniles ( Parin 1961b; Parin & Bogorodsky 2011).

Prior to this study the subgenus Poecilocypselurus included seven species: Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes) , C. simus (Valenciennes) , C. callopterus (Günther) , C. starksi Abe , C. oligolepis (Bleeker) , C. bosha Shakhovskoy & Parin and C. olpar Shakhovskoy & Parin.