Parexocoetus
Sign in to saveParexocoetus is a genus of flying fishes. They are found in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Parexocoetinae which is unique among the flying fishes in having a jaw which is very protrusible and having a joint situated between the cranium and the shoulder girdle which allows the head to be more maneuverable than in other lineages of this family.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderBeloniformes
- FamilyExocoetidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 61
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Collections
- USNM, ODU, NCSM, LACM, SIO, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Somalia, United States, Federated States Of Micronesia (Caroline Islands), Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Vietnam
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- Parent taxon
- Exocoetidae
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- Parexocoetus hillianus.jpg
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Parexocoetus is a genus of flying fishes. They are found in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Parexocoetinae which is unique among the flying fishes in having a jaw which is very protrusible and having a joint situated between the cranium and the shoulder girdle which allows the head to be more maneuverable than in other lineages of this family.
==Species== Three recognized species are in this genus: Parexocoetus brachypterus (J. Richardson, 1846) (sailfin flyingfish) Parexocoetus hillianus (P. H. Gosse, 1851) Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) (African sailfin flyingfish)
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