Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 47 - 49. Branchiostegal rays: 10-12.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Exocoetidae

Genus: Cheilopogon

Species: Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961)

Climate Zone

Location

• Worldwide in the tropics, occasionally as far north as Santa Catalina Island in southern California, USA.

Biology

Adults are epipelagic in coastal waters (Ref. 9300), also enter neritic zone (Ref. 36606). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for considerable distances above the water (Ref. 9300). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36606). Eggs are attached to one another and to kelp and other floating objects via long filaments (Ref. 36606).

Habitat

neritic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless