narrowhead flyingfish

Cypselurus angusticeps

Twenty Four Centimeters Exocoetid Fish from Indo Pacific

narrowhead flyingfish is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cypselurus
Maximum length: 24 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Hawaii and the Tuamoto Islands. Probably absent from the inland seas of southeast Asia. Eastern Pacific: isolated population at Soccoro Islands, Mexico, including Revillagigedo Islands.

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