Barbel flyingfish

Exocoetus monocirrhus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–3,475 m
Water temperature19–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, July, and November
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Exocoetus monocirrhus is a species of fish in the family Exocoetidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Exocoetus monocirrhus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 10 records
March: 18 records
April: 7 records
May: 4 records
June: 2 records
July: 15 records
August: 5 records
September: 4 records
October: 3 records
November: 16 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–3,475 m · Deepest record: 4,297.7 m

0–10 m: 17 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 10 records
24–26 °C: 14 records
26–28 °C: 51 records
28–30 °C: 39 records

Names and classification

English: Barbel flyingfish, barbel flyingfish, Barbel Flyingfish

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: volador barbudo
French: Exocet barbu, Exocet barbu, Exocet boue, Exocet boue
Japanese: Hagoromotobiuo, ハゴロモトビウオ
Simplified Chinese: 單鬚飛魚, 飛烏

Other scientific names: Exocaetus monocirrhus, Exocoetus georgianus, Exocoetus melanopus, Exocoetus monocirrous, Halacypselurus borodini, Halocypselus borodini, Halocypselus borodoni

Similar species

Flying fish
Exocoetus volitans
Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
Sailfin flyingfish
Parexocoetus brachypterus
African Flyingfish
Parexocoetus mento
Abe's Flyingfish
Cheilopogon abei
Spotfin flyingfish
Cheilopogon furcatus

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
662 open-data records from 1846 to 2024.

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