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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 / ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ / distribution range					
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					ສັດທະເລ pelagic-neritic; ປາທີ່ມີການເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍໃນສະເພາະມາະຫາສະມຸດ (Ref. 51243);  ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 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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					ການຈະເລີນເຕັມໄວ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 40.0 cm SL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (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).			
			 
			
			
			
				
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					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)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
123201): 19.5 - 27.6, mean 25.9 °C (based on 300 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
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).
					
					ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
69278):  4.0   ±0.65 se; based on food items.					
											
				
				
										
						ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
120179):  ສູງ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງໜ້ອຍກວ່າ 15 ເດືອນ (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 
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