Synonyma
Parexocoetoides Fowler, 1944 ― Parexocoetoides vanderbilti Fowler, 1944
Fowler, H. W. 1944. Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6: 57-529, Pls. 1-20.
Poecilocypselurus Bruun, 1935 ― Exocoetus callopterus Günther, 1866
Bruun, A. F. 1935. Flying-fishes (Exocoetidae) of the Atlantic. Systematic and biological studies. Dana Report No. 6: 1-108, Pls. 1-7.
Zonocypselurus Parin & Bogorodsky, 2011 ― Exocoetus hexazona Bleeker, 1853
Parin, N. V. & Bogorodsky, S. V. 2011. Distribution and morphology of flying fish Cypselurus hexazona placed into a separate subgenus Zonocypselurus subgen. nov. Journal of Ichthyology v. 51 (no. 8): 658-661.
Typový druh
Exocoetus appendiculatus Wood, 1825.
Původní popis
Swainson, W. 1838. On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. A. Spottiswoode, London. v. 1: i-vi + 1-368.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.