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Flyingfish (Parexocoetus hillianus)
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Flyingfish (Parexocoetus hillianus) specimen
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Exocoetidae

Flyingfish

Parexocoetus hillianus

Ten Point Three Centimeters Exocoetid Fish from North American Waters

  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Parexocoetus hillianus is a species of flying fish from the genus Parexocoetus. It is found in the western Atlantic in the waters of the Gulf Stream off the southeastern United States and Bermuda south through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to northern Brazil. In the eastern Atlantic a separate population, which may be a subspecies, is found from Guinea-Bissau south to Angola.

Maximum length
10.3 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Martinique, Jamaica, and coast of North America. Valid (Parin pers. comm.). Needs better reference.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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