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Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934)

Description

Common Names

  • Hvidplettet flyvefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Whitespot flyingfish , English , Global
  • Whitespotted flyingfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Exocet à tache blanche , French , France
  • Ôme-oki-tobi , Japanese , Japan
  • 白斑文鰩魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白斑文鳐鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Malolo , Samoan , Samoa
  • Volador de mancha blanca , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Beloniformes

    Family: Exocoetidae

    Genus: Hirundichthys

    Species: Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Epipelagic in oceanic waters. May leap out of the water and glide for considerable distances above the surface.

    Habitat

    oceanic