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Exocoetidae
gyre flyingfish
Prognichthys gibbifrons
Nineteen Point Five Centimeters Exocoetid Fish from African Waters
- Tropical
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Mediumgyre flyingfish is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 19.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Prognichthys
- Maximum length
- 19.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Parin (1999, Ref. 47968 ) has shown that Prognichthys gibbifrons , previously considered to be widely distributed Atlantic species is actually restricted to waters adjacent to the western coast of tropical Africa.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
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