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1562. Exonautes rubescens (Rafinesque). 



Atlantic Ocean, north to Newfoundland; also in the Pacific if E. specu- 



liger is the same. 

 Exoccetus rubescens Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., 1818, 205, Banks 



of Newfoundland. 

 ? Exocoetus speculiger Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 



1846, 69 (63), Friendh' Islands, Pacific coast of South America, etc. 

 Exocoetus roberti Miiller and Troschel, Schomburgk's Hist. Barbados, 



1848, 675, Barbados. 

 ? Exocoetus quadriremus Gronow, Cat. Fish., 1854, 145, Spain and India. 

 Exocoetus volitans of various authors; not of Linnaeus. 



1563. Exonautes affinis (Giinther). 



West Indies to Africa; locally common. 



Exocoetus affinis Gunther, Cat., VI, 1866, 288, West Africa; Cuba. 



1564. Exonautes rufipinnis (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Tropical America; Payta; Panama; Tabasco; Barbados. 



Exocoetus rufipinnis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 



1846, 72 (99), Pavta, Peru. 

 Exocoetus dowii Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 167, near 



Panama. 

 Exocoetus scylla Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1871, 481, Tabasco, 



Mexico. 



Genus 510. CYPSELURUS Swainson; 



Cypsilurus Swain.son, Class. Fishes, etc., II, 1839, 296 (Exocoetus nutlalli 

 LeSueur); misprint for Cypselurus, according to decision Int. Com. 

 Zool. Nom. 



1565. Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque). Flyingfish; Single-bearded flying- 



fish. 

 Atlantic Ocean, generally common southward to Newfoundland and to 



England. 

 Exoccetus heterurus Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 5S, Palermo. 

 Exocatus comatus MitchiU, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1815, 448, pi. 5, 



fig. 1, New York. 

 Exocoetus noveboracensis Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1818, 333, 



New York. 

 Exocoetus appendiculatus Wood, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., IV, 1824, 



283, pi. 17, fig. 2, locality unknown. 

 Exocoetus melanurus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 



1846, 74 (101), New York. 



1566. Cypselurus lutkeni (Jordan and Evermann). 



Coast of Cuba. 



Exoccetus lutkeni Jordan and Evermann, Fi.shes North and Mid. Amer., 

 1896, 736, Cape San Antonio, Cuba. 



1567. Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill). Double-bearded flyingfish. 



Warm seas, north to Cape Cod and the Mediterranean, generally 



common. 

 Exocoetus furcatm Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 449, 



New York. 

 Exocoetus nuttalli leSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1821, 10, 



PI. IV, fig. 1, Gulf of Mexico. 

 Exocoetus (Cypsilurus) procnc De Filippie Verany, Mem. Acad. Sci. 



Torino, ser. 2, XVIII, 1857, 10, fig. 5, Nice. 

 Exocatus maculipinnis Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Genov., XVIII, 1883, 



pi. 1, fig. 6, 577, Tunis. 



1568. Cypselurus nigricans (Bennett). 



Tropical seas, north to Cuba, Central America, and France. 



Exocoetus nigricans Bennett, Whaling Voyage, II, 1840, 287, taken in 



both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in lat. 5° N. 

 Exocoetus bicolor Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 1846, 



81 (111), Atlantic. 

 Exocoetus spilopus Cuvier and Valonriennes, loc. cit., 86 (118), La 



Rochelle; St. Helena; West Indies; India; Arabia; De Witt Land, 



