Sharpchin flyingfish (Fodiator acutus)

Scientific name: Fodiator acutus Valenciennes, 1847

Sharpchin flyingfish (Fodiator acutus)

The Sharpchin flyingfish (Fodiator acutus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Exocoetidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Dakar, Senegal to Luanda, Angola. Records from the western Atlantic (off Suriname and in the Caribbean Sea) seem doubtful.

Biology

Oceanic and epipelagic species. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Fodiator acutus
Family
Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Order
Beloniformes (Needle fishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
18.0
Common length
15.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - ? m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Dakar, Senegal to Luanda, Angola. Records from the western Atlantic (off Suriname and in the Caribbean Sea) seem doubtful.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
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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