Yellowing flyingfish

Cypselurus poecilopterus

Twenty Seven Centimeters Exocoetid Fish of Australian Waters

Yellowing flyingfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 27 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cypselurus
Maximum length: 27 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (including the Mascarenes, Ref. 33390 ) to Hokkaido, Japan and Queensland, Australia. Reported from Samoa (Ref. 592 ).

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