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Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > 
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 / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range					
						Ecologia					
				
				
				
					marinhas pelagic-neritic; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243);  intervalo de profundidade 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.
				
				
			
			
				
					Tamanho / Peso / Idade
				
				
				
					Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 40.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (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					
					Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Ameaça para o homem  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Utilização humana  				
				
				
					Pescarias: pouco comercial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 19.5 - 27.6, mean 25.9 °C (based on 300 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
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).
					
					Nível Trófico  (Ref. 
69278):  4.0   ±0.65 se; based on food items.					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliência  (Ref. 
120179):  Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 
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