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Exoeetus BONIIA.TERRE, Tabl. Ichth., p. 181, 1788* (Type, 
Exocoetus voli'baiis LINKAEUS • ) 
Exocaetus lACEPEDE, Hist. Nat, Poiss., vol. 5, p. 401, 1803. 
(Type, Exocoetus volitans LINNAuEUS.) 
Exococtus SCHLEGEL, Fauna Japonioa, Poiss*, pts* 10-14, p« 
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247, 1846. (Type, Exocoetus volitarns LINNAEUS.) 
Halocypselus WEINIAND, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, 
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p. 385, 1859. (Type, Exocoetus mesogaster (not Bloch) =- 
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, orthotypic•) 
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Body moderately long, cross section partly quadrate, compressed. 
Head moderate. Snout short, blunt. Eye large. Lower jaw but little 
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projecting. Teeth very samll, inconspicuous, present or absent on 
vomer and palatines, none on pterygoids. Gill rakers lanceolate. 
Scales rather large. Lateral line low. Dorsal not elevated. Anal 
opposite dorsal and nearly as long. Pectoral very long, reaches 
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caudal base. Ventral preraedian, nearer snout than caudal, short, not 
rMiching anal base. 
