Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae)

Scientific name: Prognichthys glaphyrae Parin, 1999

Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae)

The Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) is a marine fish of the family Exocoetidae.

Biology

Mostly restricted to cores of central oceanic gyres.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Prognichthys glaphyrae
Family
Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order
Beloniformes (Needle fishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.1
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Atlantic Ocean: mostly restricted to cores of central oceanic gyres; in the western Atlantic, it occurs in Bermuda to 20?S but absent from the Gulf of Mexico, east coast of North America, and most of the Caribbean.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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