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Exocoetidae
fourwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys affinis
Exocoetid Fish of the Caribbean Sea
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Mediumfourwing flyingfish is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 33 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Hirundichthys
- Maximum length
- 33 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Guinea to Angola. Western Atlantic: Gulf Stream off Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil (Ref. 7251 ), including the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 3720 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
