Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890). Sparrow Flyingfish or Whitetip Flyingfish. To 22 cm (8.7 in) TL (Parin in Fischer et al. 1995). Southernmost Baja California (Robertson and Allen 2008) to at least Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Surface to 5 m (17 ft) (Robertson and Allen 2002).