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Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Common Names

  • Peshk fluturues , Albanian , Albania
  • Peshku fluturues i Mesdheut , Albanian , Albania
  • Volador sense taca , Catalan , Spain
  • Rondina di mare , Corsican , France
  • Poletuša , Croatian , Croatia
  • Almindelig flyvefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Flyvefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Atlantic flying-fish , English , UK
  • Atlantic flyingfish , English , USA
  • Atlantic flyingfish , English , Bermuda
  • Atlantic flyingfish , English , Cuba
  • Blotchwing flyingfish , English , USA
  • Blotchwing flyingfish , English , Peru
  • Flying fish , English , UK
  • Flyingfish , English , Cuba
  • Fourwing flyingfish , English , Cuba
  • Mediterranean flyingfish , English , USA
  • Mediterranean flyingfish , English , UK
  • Mediterranean flyingfish , English , Peru
  • Piebald flyingfish , English , Australia
  • Single bearded flyingfish , English , Cuba
  • Volador , English , Cuba
  • Atlandi biplaankala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Exocet méditerranéen , French , Global
  • Exocet méditerranéen , French , France
  • Hirondelle de mer , French , France
  • Poisson volant , French , France
  • Poisson-volant , French , Mauritania
  • Poisson-volant méditerranéen , French , France
  • Atlantischer Flugfisch , German , Germany
  • Fliegender Fisch , German , Germany
  • Chelidonopsaro , Greek , Greece
  • Chelidonopsaro Mesogiou , Greek , Greece
  • Χελιδονόψαρο Mεσογείου , Greek , Greece
  • Dag meofet , Hebrew , Israel
  • Pesce volante , Italian , Italy
  • Rondone del mare , Italian , Italy
  • Rondone di mare , Italian , Italy
  • Rondinella , Maltese , Malta
  • Rondinella komuni , Maltese , Malta
  • Rundinella , Maltese , Malta
  • 大西洋异尾须唇飞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大西洋異尾鬚唇飛魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 异尾须唇飞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 異尾鬚唇飛魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Letuchaya ryba , Russian , Russia
  • Poletusa , Serbian , Montenegro
  • Poletusa , Serbian , Serbia
  • Štirikrili poletaš , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Juriola , Spanish , Spain
  • Juriola , Spanish , Spain
  • Lisa voladora , Spanish , Peru
  • Pez volador , Spanish , Peru
  • Pez volador , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Pez volador , Spanish , Spain
  • Volador ala lunada , Spanish , Mexico
  • Volador mediterraneo , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Större flygfisk , Swedish , Sweden
  • Uçan , Turkish , Turkey
  • Uçan balık , Turkish , Turkey
  • Diene laf , Wolof , Mauritania

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Beloniformes

    Family: Exocoetidae

    Genus: Cheilopogon

    Species: Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: southern Norway and Denmark (rare) to Gibraltar and western Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: around Bermuda (Ref. 26938). Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia (Ref. 49596) and Victoria, Australia (Ref. 33839). Also throughout subtropical waters of the Pacific Ocean (Ref. 33839).

    • Biology

    Pelagic, coastal species which can fly over long distances. It is thought that this behavior is a means to escape danger. This flying fish is not commercially exploited although it is very good to eat (Ref. 5377). Spawns during summer in Italian waters. Eggs with filaments over the entire surface (Ref. 6523).

    Habitat

    neritic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless