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Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus
C. p. japonicus
1885 illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cheilopogon
Species:
C. pinnatibarbatus
Binomial name
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus
(Bennett, 1831)
Synonyms[2]
  • Exocoetus pinnatibarbatus Bennett, 1831
  • Cypselurus pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
  • Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe, 1841
  • Exocoetus lineatus Valenciennes, 1847
  • Cypselurus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Exocoetus orbignianus Valenciennes, 1847
  • Exocoetus robustus Günther, 1866
  • Exocoetus fernandezianus Philippi, 1895
  • Cypselurus minos Nichols & Breder, 1930

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus, Bennett's flying fish, is a species of flying fish which has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical seas.[1] It is an epiplegaic species which feeds on zooplankton and small fishes and is capable of leaping out of the water and gliding over the surface.[2]

  1. ^ a b Carpenter, K.E.; Livingstone, S.; Polidoro, B. (2010). "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155104A4708020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155104A4708020.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus pinnatibarbatus". FishBase. April 2019 version.

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