Black wing flyingfish (Hirundichthys rondeletii)

Scientific name: Hirundichthys rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847

Black wing flyingfish (Hirundichthys rondeletii)

The Black wing flyingfish (Hirundichthys rondeletii) is a marine fish of the family Exocoetidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Body dark, iridescent blue above, silvery white below; dorsal and caudal fins greyish, other fins hyaline. Juveniles elongate, paired fins black.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hirundichthys rondeletii
Family
Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order
Beloniformes (Needle fishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Subtropical waters of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: occasional to Spain and English Channel, western Mediterranean (a separate population migrates to the southeastern part in winter), Portugal to Mauritania and from south of Namibia; also off the Cape, South Africa. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil. Northwest Atlantic: Canada.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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