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Exocoetus
Sign in to saveExocoetus 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderBeloniformes
- FamilyExocoetidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 399
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Collections
- CUMV, USNM, SIO, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, LACM, CHAS
- Recorded in
- United States, France, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica
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- Parent taxon
- Exocoetidae
- Image
- Exocoetus obtusirostris.jpg
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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.
==Species== Five species in this genus are recognized: Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (oceanic flyingfish) Exocoetus monocirrhus J. Richardson, 1846 (barbel flyingfish) Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866 (oceanic two-wing flyingfish) Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (Peruvian flyingfish) Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (tropical two-wing flyingfish)
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