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Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Cheilopogon: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, pogon = barbed, beard (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) was a British zoologist, elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bennett.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range					
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					marin pelagic-neritic; océanodrome (Ref. 51243);  profondeur 0 - 10 m (Ref. 96339). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Circumglobal:  western Pacific as far north as southern Kuril Islands; Astoria, Oregon to southern Baja California and into Gulf of California.There are subspecies in most subtropical seas.
				
				
			
			
				
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					Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 40.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4498)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found in near-shore waters.  Tends to occur near land or islands in cooler waters.  Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface.  Feeds on zooplankton and small fishes.  Eggs with filaments over entire surface (Ref. 6523).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Parin, N.V. and R.H. Gibbs Jr., 1990. Exocoetidae. p. 583-591. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4498)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Menace pour l'homme  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Réf. 
123201): 19.5 - 27.6, mean 25.9 °C (based on 300 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Réf. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00288 - 0.01384), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Niveau trophique  (Réf. 
69278):  4.0   ±0.65 se; based on food items.					
											
				
				
										
						Résilience  (Réf. 
120179):  Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 
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