Exocoetus is a genus of flying fishes.
It is a bony fish.
The body is covered with cycloid scales.
The mouth is wide, and the jaws bear teeth.
It is a marine fish.
The tail has hypobatic fins as the ventral lobe.
ISBN 978-1-4214-1872-8. Media related to Exocoetus obtusirostris at Wikimedia Commons Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Exocoetus obtusirostris" in FishBase...
Exocoetus gibbosus is a species of fish in the family Exocoetidae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy,...
-idae, common for indicating a family, follows the root of the Latin word exocoetus, a transliteration of the Ancient Greek name ἐξώκοιτος. This means literally...
Exocoetus monocirrhus is a species of fish in the family Exocoetidae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846"...
the extended pipefish family Mirror dory Mahi-mahi The "flying fish" Exocoetus obtusirostris has specialized pectoral fins for gliding The hoodwinker...
Exocoetus peruvianus, commonly known as the Peruvian flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish endemic to the tropical southeast Pacific Ocean in the...
mainly catch small fish such as flying fish, particularly the genera Exocoetus and Cypselurus, that are driven to the surface by predators such as tuna...
wing loading and smaller aspect ratios (i.e. broader wings) than their Exocoetus monoplane counterparts, which contributes to their ability to fly for...
Nord Aviation. It is the French word for flying fish, from the Latin exocoetus, a transliteration of the Greek name for the fish that sometimes flew...
erected by Pieter Bleeker in 1865, this species was originally described as Exocoetus mento by Achille Valenciennes in 1847 with the type locality given as...
Fodiatorinae Fowler, 1925 Genus: Fodiator D. S. Jordan & Meek, 1885 Type species Exocoetus acutus Valenciennes, 1847 Synonyms Hemiexocoetus Fowler, 1901...
Subfamily: Cypsellurinae Genus: Cypselurus Swainson, 1838 Type species Exocoetus appendiculatus, a synonym of Cypselurus comatus Wood, 1825 Species Twelve...
Hirundichthys, although there is some uncertainty about the exact identity of Exocoetus rubescens, the species Charles Marcus Breder Jr. designated as the type...
Ocean triggerfish Canthidermis sufflamen Y Y Oceanic two-wing flyingfish Exocoetus obtusirostris Y Y Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus Y Y Ocellated...
was for 45 seconds (Video here). It has been suggested that the genus Exocoetus is on an evolutionary borderline between flight and gliding. It flaps...
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