Family : Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order : Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Coromandel flyingfish
Fish Name : Hirundichthys coromandelensis
Max size : 19.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3395)
Environment : pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea but absent from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Also occurs in the Bay of Bengal.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Inhabit surface waters of both neritic and oceanic areas (Ref. 30573). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V.
Main Ref : Parin, N.V.. 1984. (Ref. 3395)

India country information
Common Names : Coromandel flying fish, கோலா, பறவை கோலா, பாறவீ கோலா  , கொலா , Indian flyingfish, Kola, Paravai-kola
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses