Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) .

Spotfin Flyingfish. To 35 cm (13.8 in) TL (Cervigón in Cervigón et al. 1992). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); central Baja California (28°00’N, 117°25’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to well off Peru (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Depth: epipelagic.