Spotted Flying-fish
Cypselurus poecilopterus
- Usual depth0–3,237 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, May, and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Fábio Olmos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–3,237 m · Deepest record: 4,425.7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Photos
(c) João D'Andretta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Spotted Flying-fish, Yellowing Flyingfish, Yellow-wing Flyingfish, Yellow-wing flyingfish, Yellowing flyingfish
Names in 6 more languages
- Filipino
- Iliw, Lawin
- French
- Exocet aile jaune
- Japanese
- アヤトビウオ
- Korean
- 새날치
- Thai
- ปลานกกระจอกครีบลาย
- Simplified Chinese
- 小烏, 斑鰭飛魚, 花烏, 花鰭燕鰩魚, 飛烏
Other scientific names: Cypselurus poeciploterus, Cypselurus poicilopterus, Cypsilurus poecilopterus, Cyselorus poecilopterus, Exocoetus poecilopterus
Similar species
Largescale FlyingfishCypselurus oligolepis
- Pharao flyingfish
Cypselurus naresii
- Black-finned Flyingfish
Cypselurus opisthopus
- Barbel flyingfish
Exocoetus monocirrhus
- Flying fish
Exocoetus volitans
- Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 155 open-data records from 1827 to 2001.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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