Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1864
name: label: Collector
content: Captain John M. Dow
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: Atlantic Ocean
notes: label: Notes
content: 02 specimens were originally in lot; smaller specimen was reassignged to usnm 314980; according to gill's original description only 01 type exists. evidently this smaller specimen assigned to usnm 314980 was placed in the jar by mistake and should not be considered part of the type series. a hand written note by g.s. myers explains the confusion.
label: Notes
content: According to Jordan and Gilbert (1882, Proc. USNM, 5:373) this specimen probably did not come from Panama. It is apparently a synonym of Hirundichthys volador, which occurs in the western North Atlantic.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Probably western North Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
setName: label: See more items in
content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1864
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: 37667
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Gill, T. N. 1864. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15 : 167.
label: Type Status
content: Holotype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Beloniformes, Belonoidei, Exocoetidae