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Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)

Common Names

  • Bennetts flyvefisk
  • Flyvefisk
  • Bennett's flyingfish
  • Bennett's flyingfish
  • Flying fish
  • Flying fish
  • Flyingfish
  • Giant flying fish
  • Great flying fish
  • Larger flying fish
  • Smallhead flyingfish
  • Tallfin flyingfish
  • White-banded flying-fish
  • Hiid-biplaankala
  • Exocet de Bennett
  • Poisson volant
  • Poisson-volant à miroirs
  • Fliegender Fisch
  • Chelidonopsaro
  • Dag meofet
  • Pesce volante
  • 翼髭须唇飞鱼
  • 翼髭鬚唇飛魚
  • Peixe voador
  • Peixe-voador
  • Voador
  • Tainhota-voadeira
  • Voador
  • Letuchaya ryba
  • Poletusa
  • Poletusa
  • Pez volador
  • Volador cabecita
  • Volador de Benet
  • Volador de Bennett
  • Uçan

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Beloniformes

    Family: Exocoetidae

    Genus: Cheilopogon

    Species: Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    • Circumglobal: western Pacific as far north as southern Kuril Islands; Astoria, Oregon to southern Baja California and into Gulf of California.There are subspecies in most subtropical seas.

    Biology

    Found in near-shore waters. Tends to occur near land or islands in cooler waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface. Feeds on zooplankton and small fishes. Eggs with filaments over entire surface (Ref. 6523).

    Habitat

    neritic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

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