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Hemiramphidae
smallwing flyingfish
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
Eighteen Point Five Centimeters Hemiramphid Fish of Japanese Waters
smallwing flyingfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 18.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Hemiramphidae
- Genus
- Oxyporhamphus
- 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 .

