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Exocoetidae
Atlantic flying-fish
Cheilopogon heterurus
Forty Centimeters Exocoetid Fish from Australian Waters
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
MediumCheilopogon heterurus, the Mediterranean flyingfish, is a fish in the flying fish family Exocoetidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Cheilopogon
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- 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 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
