Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Beloniformes > Family Exocoetidae

Hirundichthys Breder, 1928

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847)
Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ニノジトビウオ属

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Breder, C.M., Jr. (1928). Scientific results of the second oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1926. Nematognathii, Apodes, Isospondyli, Synentognathi, and Thoracostraci from Panama to Lower California with a generic analysis of the Exocoetidae. Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collect. Yale Univ. 2(2): 1-25.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hirundichthys Breder, 1928. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125693