Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903)
Glider flyingfish

Balang Aliponghok,  Bangsi,  Bolador,  Iliw, 

Cheilopogon atrisignis
photo by FAO

 Family:  Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
 Max. size:  33 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 10 m, oceanodromous
 Distribution:  Indo-Pacific: Somalia and Madagascar to the Revillagigedo and Galapagos islands in the eastern Pacific. Absent from the inland seas of Indonesia and from Australian waters (Ref. 27313).
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Found in neritic and oceanic waters (Ref. 30573). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for considerable distances above the surface.
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:  Also Ref. 9839.

 Entered by: Torres, Armi G. - 26.02.93
 Modified by: Valdestamon, Roxanne Rei - 14.04.15
 Checked by: Parin, Nikolay V. - 06.10.95

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