Exocoetidae

Giant flying fish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus

Leaping out of water to glide above

• Cross-climate
• Subtropical
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus, Bennett's flying fish, is a species of flying fish which has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical seas. It is an epiplegaic species which feeds on zooplankton and small fishes and is capable of leaping out of the water and gliding over the surface.