Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Beloniformes
Subordo: Belonoidei
Superfamilia: Exocoetoidea
Familia: Exocoetidae
Subfamilia: Parexocoetinae
Genus: Parexocoetus
Species: P. brachypterus – P. hillianus – P. mento
Name
Parexocoetus Bleeker, 1866
Gender: masculine
Type species: Exocoetus mento Valenciennes, 1847, by monotypy.
References
Bleeker, P. (1865) Sur les espèces d'Exocet de l'Inde Archipélagique. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde. 3: 105–129.
Links
Parexocoetus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Parexocoetus hillianus
Parexocoetus is a genus of flying fishes. They are found in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Parexocoetinae which is unique among the flying fishes in having a jaw which is very protrusible and having a joint situated between the cranium and the shoulder girdle which allows the head to be more maneuverable than in other lineages of this family.[2]
Species
Three recognized species are in this genus:[3]
Parexocoetus brachypterus (J. Richardson, 1846) (sailfin flyingfish)
Parexocoetus hillianus (P. H. Gosse, 1851)
Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) (African sailfin flyingfish)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parexocoetus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parexocoetus". FishBase. June 2012 version.
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