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Taxonomic Review of the Five Flyingfishes (Beloniformes, Exocoetidae) from Korea (한국산 날치과 (Beloniformes, Exocoetidae) 어류 5종의 분류학적 재검토)

  • Kim, J.K.;Ryu, J.H.;Cho, S.H.;Myoung, J.G.;Kang, C.B.;Kim, Y.U.;Kim, J.M.
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.100-110
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    • 2001

  • Taxonomic review of the five flyingfishes, Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes), Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck et Schlegel), Cheilopogon heterurus doederleini (Steindachner), Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes), Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker) were carried out based on samples collected from the South sea and around sea of Jeju Island of Korea from 1996 to 1998. Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes) and Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes) were revealed as the unrecorded species in Korea, which were named as "Men-to-hwang-nal-chi" and "Ki-geom-nal-chi" respectively. Parexocoetus mento is differed from P. barchypterus in having no chin barbels in juveniles, and Cheilopogon cyanopterus is distinguished from C. agoo in the branched form of pectoral fin rays and from C. heterurus doederleini in the numbers of the dorsal fin ray and the color of pectoral fins.

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