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Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815)

Spotfin flyingfish
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Maldives country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 3395, 33390.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anderson, R.C., J.E. Randall and R.H. Kuiter, 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Exocet tacheté, Doublebearded flyingfish, Poissons volant, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Etymology: Cheilopogon: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, pogon = barbed, beard (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Mitchill.

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

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 20 m.   Tropical; 46°N - 42°S, 180°E - 180°W

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