Shakhovskoy Ilia B, Parin Nikolay V
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IORAS) 36, Nahimovskiy Prospect, Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Zootaxa. 2019 Apr 23;4589(1):zootaxa.4589.1.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4589.1.1.
The first part of the review of the four-winged flying fishes of the genus Cypselurus is presented, and shows that seven species belonging to two genera were mixed under the name Cypselurus (Zonocypselurus) hexazona, none of which is identical to Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker. A new subgenus of flying fish (Amustotrogon subgen. nov.) and four new species (Cheilopogon marisrubri, Cheilopogon katherinae, Cypselurus bosha, Cypselurus olpar) are described. The validity of Cypselurus formosus Kotthaus, 1969 is reinstated (as Cheilopogon (Amustotrogon) formosus). Three subspecies of Cheilopogon formosus are recognized: Ch. formosus formosus, Ch. f. pseudospilopterus subsp. nov. and Ch. f. andamanicus subsp. nov. Morphology of species and subspecies at different stages of ontogeny is described. Maps of their geographical distribution are presented. A key for identification of flying fish taxa described in the work is included.
本文呈现了对飞鱼属（Cypselurus）四翼飞鱼研究综述的第一部分，研究表明，有七种分属于两个属的鱼类被混在六带燕鳐（Cypselurus (Zonocypselurus) hexazona）名下，且没有一种与布莱克氏燕鳐（Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker）相同。文中描述了一个新的飞鱼亚属（新亚属Amustotrogon）以及四个新物种（红海燕鳐（Cheilopogon marisrubri）、凯瑟琳燕鳐（Cheilopogon katherinae）、博沙燕鳐（Cypselurus bosha）、奥尔帕燕鳐（Cypselurus olpar））。恢复了1969年科托斯（Kotthaus）所定的美丽燕鳐（Cypselurus formosus）的有效性（现为美丽燕鳐（Cheilopogon (Amustotrogon) formosus））。确认了美丽燕鳐的三个亚种：指名亚种美丽燕鳐（Ch. formosus formosus）、新亚种拟斑鳍美丽燕鳐（Ch. f. pseudospilopterus subsp. nov.）和新亚种安达曼美丽燕鳐（Ch. f. andamanicus subsp. nov.）。描述了各物种及亚种在个体发育不同阶段的形态特征。给出了它们的地理分布图。文中还包括了该研究中所描述的飞鱼分类单元的鉴定检索表。
