Common names:
Uçan, Uçan balık, Uçankefal balığı
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 50162). Through Suez Canal (Ref. 6328). Sometimes forms very large schools especially in Iskenderun Bay. Reported as far as Kusadasi Bay in the southern Aegean Sea (Ref. 94612). Also Ref. 57855.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Bilecenoğlu, M., 2010
National Database:
CLOMFOT
Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Etymology: Parexocoetus:Greek, para in the side of + Greek, exos = outside + Greek, koite = hole (Ref. 45335). More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 20 m. Tropical; 30°N - 23°S, 20°E - 178°W
Distribution
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