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Exocoetidae
sailor flyingfish
Prognichthys sealei
Nineteen Centimeters Exocoetid Fish of the Persian Gulf
Prognichthys is a genus of flying fishes. They are Widespread in tropical oceans.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Prognichthys
- Maximum length
- 19 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Samoa, but not in Red Sea, Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Eastern Central Pacific: off the coast of Central America (Ref. 9033 ). Probably absent in inland seas of southeast Asia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

