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Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865)

Largescale flyingfish
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Australia country information

Common names: Largescale flyingfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Coral Sea Islands Territory (Ref. 75154).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Parin, N.V., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Exocet à grandes écailles, Volador escamudo, Short flyingfish, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Etymology: Cypselurus: Greek, kypselos, ou = swift + Greek,oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 0 - 20 m.   Tropical; 25°N - 25°S

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: tropical waters from East Africa to southern China, Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm 22.9, range 23 - 23.29 cm
Max length : 27.7 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 11441)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Occurs in near-shore surface waters, never spread to open sea. Feeds on zooplankton and small fish (Ref. 9839). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface (Ref. 30573). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Parin, Nikolay V. | Συνεργάτες

Parin, N.V., 1996. On the species composition of flying fishes (Exocoetidae) in the West-Central part of tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 36(5):357-364. (Ref. 27313)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

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