Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Exocoetidae

Genus: Cheilopogon

Species: Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847)

Climate Zone

Location

• Pacific Ocean: southern Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, New Guinea, and eastern Australia up to Hawaiian Islands and Tahiti.

Biology

Neritic species.

Habitat

neritic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless