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Exocoetidae
spotfin flyingfish
Cheilopogon furcatus
Thirty Five Centimeters Exocoetid Fish from the Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Near the Equator
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
MediumThe spotfin flyingfish (Cheilopogon furcatus) is a fish in the flying fish family, Exocoetidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Cheilopogon
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Widespread in tropical zones of all oceans. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to southern South America (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Atlantic: equator eastward to 8°W, Cape Verde. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Indian Ocean: widely distributed but absent from the Red Sea, northern Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf (Ref. 3395 ). Western Pacific: absent in inland waters of southeast Asia (Ref. 9839 ). Eastern Central Pacific.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
