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bluntnose flyingfish (Prognichthys occidentalis)
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Exocoetidae

bluntnose flyingfish

Prognichthys occidentalis

Fish Reaching Seventeen Point Nine Centimeters in North American Waters

  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

bluntnose flyingfish is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 17.9 cm.

Maximum length
17.9 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean to off the east coast of North America to 40°N and off South America to 40°S.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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