FB-4904 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Exocoetidae Parexocoetus Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) Peixe-voador Voador Afrikaanse seilvin-vlieënde vis Jarada T'yar Barr Afrikansk sejlfinnet flyvefisk Flyvefisk Fliengender Fisch Schwalbenfisch African flyingfish African sailfin flyingfish African sailfin-flyingfish Cuvier's flying fish Flying fish Flyingfish Pacific two-winged flyingfish Short-winged flying fish Yellow-belly flying fish Exocet voilier africain Poisson volant Dag meofet Afrička poletuša Pesce volante Bashô-tobi-uo 멘토황날치 Pakharu-masa पाखारू मासा Belalang Ikan terbang Terbang sayap-layar Afrika Letuchaya ryba Poletusa Iliw Lawin Uçan Uçan balık Uçankefal balığı Cá Chuồn men tô Pez volador Volador aletón africano Chelidonopsaro Chelidonopsaro Afrikis Χελιδονόψαρο Aφρικής 大西洋長頜擬飛魚 大西洋长颌拟飞鱼 长颌拟飞鱼 長頜擬飛魚 飞乌 黑短鰭擬飛魚 黑短鳍拟飞鱼 Exocoetus gryllus Klunzinger, 1871 Exocoetus mento Valenciennes, 1847 Exocoetus mesogaster Bloch, 1795 Paraxocoetus mento atlanticus Bruun, 1933 Parexocoetus brachypterus (non Richardson, 1846) Parexocoetus mento atlanticus Bruun, 1933 Parexocoetus mento mento (Valenciennes, 1847) 1992-01-29 2008-09-10 Breder, C.M. and D.E. 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Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-4904-11618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-07-30 2023-07-03 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pamen_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Pamen_u0.gif FB-pic-4904-11619 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-07-30 1996-07-30 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pamen_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Pamen_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-29 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found in near-shore surface waters, never spread to open sea (Ref. 9839). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface (Ref. 30573). Parin, N.V. 1996 On the species composition of flying fishes (Exocoetidae) in the West-Central part of tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 36(5):357-364. (Ref. 27313) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal fin mostly blackish; pectorals and caudal greyish, other fins transparent (Ref. 2797). Heemstra, P.C. and N.V. Parin 1986 Exocoetidae. p. 391-396. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2797) FB-Morphology-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 12; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12 Heemstra, P.C. and N.V. Parin 1986 Exocoetidae. p. 391-396. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2797) FB-Distribution-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-29 00:00:00 2023-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Indo-Pacific: widespread from East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Gulf, to southern Japan, Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and Queensland, Australia. Lessepsian migrant to the Mediterranean (Ref. 6523). Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573). Records from the Atlantic (as Parexocoetus mento atlanticus) are in error. Parin, N.V. 1996 On the species composition of flying fishes (Exocoetidae) in the West-Central part of tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 36(5):357-364. (Ref. 27313) FB-Uses-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-29 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Gibbs, R.H. Jr. 1981 Exocoetidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 2. pag. var. (Ref. 3613) FB-Migration-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-29 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) FB-LifeCycle-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1992-01-29 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4904&StockCode=5137 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Most die after a single spawning (Ref. 205). Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak 1996 Marine fishes and fisheries of Malaysia and neighbouring countries. University of Pertanian Malaysia Press, Serdang, Malaysia. 744 p. (Ref. 27550) FB-TrophicStrategy-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Jasper Mendoza 2023-01-10 00:00:00 2023-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public mento http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Schooling species. Zooplanktivorous. Epipelagic inshore (Ref. 127989). Golani, D., E. Azurro, J. Dulčić, E. Massutí and L. Orsi-Relini 2021 Atlas of exotic fishes in the Mediterranean Sea. Second edition. [F. Briand, Ed.]. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco, 365 pages. (Ref. 127989) FB-Size-4904 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-29 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4904 12.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and … 2022 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. 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