Back

Atlantic Black Wing Flyingfish

Hirundichthys rondeletii

Classification

Hirundichthys rondeletii, the black wing flyingfish, is a species of flying fish from the family Exocoetidae which is found throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Description Hirundichthys rondeletii has an elongate body which is almost rectangular in cross-section, being somewhat flattened ventrally. It has a short, blunt snout with a small mouth in which the jaws are nearly equal in length and are equipped with conspicuous teeth but there are no palatine teeth present.

Distribution

(c) Karim Haddad, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 10Italy · 1