African sailfin flyingfish

Parexocoetus mento

Exocoetid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Parexocoetus mento; also known as the African sailfin flying fish, Cuvier's flying fish, the yellow belly flying fish or the short-winged flying fish; is a species of flying fish from the family Exocoetidae which is found in the Indo-pacific region and which has colonised the eastern Mediterranean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Needlefishes, Halfbeaks, and Allies
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Parexocoetus
Maximum length: 12.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: widespread from East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Gulf, to southern Japan, Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and Queensland, Australia. Lessepsian migrant to the Mediterranean (Ref. 6523 ). Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573 ). Records from the Atlantic (as Parexocoetus mento atlanticus ) are in error.

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