Description

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Common Names

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Benet flyvefisk , Danish , Denmark

Bony flyingfish , English , Australia

Bony flyingfish , English , Viet Nam

Bony flyingfish , English , Global

Fourwing flyingfish , English , USA

Mirror-finned flyingfish , English , Papua New Guinea

Pointed-headed flying-fish , English , Australia

Exocet casque , French , Global

סנוניתן מלזי , Hebrew , Israel

Hoso-ao-tobi , Japanese , Japan

가는매날치 , Korean , Korea (South)

Parava , Malayalam , India

പാരവ , Malayalam , India

尖头文鳐鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

尖头燕鳐鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

尖头细身飞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

尖頭文鰩魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

尖頭燕鰩魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

尖頭細身飛魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

飞乌 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pez volador , Spanish , Spain

Volador casquete , Spanish , Spain

Iliw , Tagalog , Philippines

Lawin , Tagalog , Philippines

Летюча риба , Ukrainian , Ukraine

Cá Chuồn đầu nhọn , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Cá Chuồn ít răng , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Exocoetidae

Genus: Hirundichthys

Species: Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits surface neritic waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface.

Habitat

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neritic