| Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes) |
| 27 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
|
pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m, oceanodromous |
| Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (including the Mascarenes, Ref. 33390) to Hokkaido, Japan and Queensland, Australia. Reported from Samoa (Ref. 592). |
|
|
| Inhabits neritic surface waters, rare in the open ocean (Ref. 30573). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface (Ref. 3395). |
|
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
|
| harmless |
|
Known from northern (Tai-chung, rarely found in Shihman and Yehliu (Ref. 43538)) and southern (occasionally found in Nanwan (Ref. 43538), Hsiao-liu-chiu) Taiwan (Ref. 43515). Reported from Penghu (Ref. 43515, 55073). Also Ref. 47843. |
Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.
