Bandwing flyingfish (Cheilopogon exsiliens)

Scientific name: Cheilopogon exsiliens Linnaeus, 1771

Bandwing flyingfish (Cheilopogon exsiliens)

The Bandwing flyingfish (Cheilopogon exsiliens) is a marine fish of the family Exocoetidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12. Black spot on dorsal fin; pectoral fin dark.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Cheilopogon exsiliens
Family
Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order
Beloniformes (Needle fishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
18.0
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; rare or absent in the Caribbean Sea. Records from the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean need verification. Absent from the Caribbean.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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