Giant flying fish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus

Leaping out of water to glide above

Cross-climate
Subtropical
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Medium
Tropical fish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus, Bennett's flying fish, is a species of flying fish which has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical seas. It is an epiplegaic species which feeds on zooplankton and small fishes and is capable of leaping out of the water and gliding over the surface.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cheilopogon
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: 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.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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