Family : Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order : Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Bandwing flyingfish
Fish Name : Cheilopogon exsiliens
Max size : 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7251)
Environment : pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous
Climate : subtropical
Global Importance : fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; rare or absent in the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 3720). Records from the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean need verification (Ref. 6523). Absent from the Caribbean (Ref. 26938).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 12-12. Black spot on dorsal fin; pectoral fin dark (Ref. 26938).
Biology : Mainly found in the surface of oceanic waters, occasionally near the coast (Ref. 5217). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface (Ref. 3720)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V.
Main Ref : Parin, N.V.. 1996. (Ref. 27313)

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Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : questionable
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses