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Prognichthys occidentalis Parin, 1999

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Puerto Rico country information

Common names: Bluntnose flyingfish
Occurrence: stray
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: La Parguera, UPRM 3709 (3.3 cm SL) (Ref. 51183).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dennis, G.D., D. Hensley, P.L. Colin and J.J. Kimmel, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bluntnose flyingfish, Volador chato, Bluntnose Flyingfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Etymology: Prognichthys: Taken from Progne, name of Philomela´s sister, transformed into a swallow in the Greek mithology + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - ? m.   Tropical; 40°N - 40°S

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