Family : Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order : Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Pharao flyingfish
Fish Name : Cypselurus naresii
Max size : 21.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9839)
Environment : pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 20 m
Climate : tropical; 41°N - 38°S
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and East Africa (including the Mascarene Islands, Ref. 33390) to southern Japan, Fiji, and New South Wales, Australia.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in 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 (Ref. 30573)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V.
Main Ref : Parin, N.V.. 1996. (Ref. 27313)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses