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smallwing flyingfish (Oxyporhamphus micropterus)
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Hemiramphidae

smallwing flyingfish

Oxyporhamphus micropterus

Eighteen Point Five Centimeters Hemiramphid Fish of Japanese Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

smallwing flyingfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 18.5 cm.

Maximum length
18.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Tonga, north to southern Japan (Ref. 33390 ). Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru (Ref. 9306 ). Replaced in the Atlantic by Oxyporhamphus similis .

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