Cheilopogon heterurus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810
Synonyms:
Exocoetus Heterurus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810a, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 58-59 (Palermo, Sicily).
Cypselurus heterurus: Parin, 1960: 253 (subspecies recognized).
Subspecies:
Cheilopogon heterurus heterurus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810)
Exocoetus Heterurus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810a, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 58-59 (Palermo, Sicily).
Exocoetus volitans (non Linnaeus): Valenciennes, 1846, in Cuv. Val.: 83-92 | Day, 1883: 154-156, pl. 128 | Fries et al., 1893: 357-361, fig. 94 | Nybelin, 1942, in Andersson: 209, fig.
Exocoetus procne De Filippy and Verany, 1859, Mem. R. Acad. Sci. Torino, (2)18: 194-195 (Nice, France), Filippi and Vérany. Syntypes MZUT 451.
Exocoetus maculipinnis Vinciguerra, 1883, Ann. Mas. Civ. Storia nat. Genova, 18: 577 (Tunisia), Vinciguerra. Holotype MSNG 13998.
Cypsilurus heterurus: Bruun, 1935a: 61-64, pl. 4 (fig. 2), pl. 5 (fig. 3) | Bruun, 1936, in Joubin, ed., 1929-1938: pl. 145 (fig.) | Tortonese, 1937: 234 | Bruun, 1938: 295-299, fig. 1 | Dollfus, 1955: 41, 119 | Nielsen, 1963b: 156.
Cypselurus heterurus: Fowler, 1936: 1242-1243, fig. 533 | Breder, 1938: 55-59, fig. 29 (partim) | Lozano Rey, 1947: 625-629, fig. 177-179 | Dieuzeide et al., 1954: 143-144, fig. | Tortonese, 1958b: 321 | Springer, 1959: 166-167 | Staiger, 1965: 705-714 (partim) | Wheeler, 1969: 234-235, pl. 4.
Exocoetus heterurus: Soljan, 1948: 253-254, fig.
Cheilopogon heterurus: Parin, 1961b: 174 (partim).
Common names:
ag meofet [Israel]
chelidonopsaro [Greece]
fliegender Fisch [Germany]
flying fish [UK and USA]
flyvefisk [Denmark]
letuchaya ryba [Russia]
pesce volante [Italy]
pez volador [Spain]
poisson volant [France and Belgium]
poletusa [former Yugoslavia]
uçan [Turkey]