Sharpchin flyingfish

Fodiator acutus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–33 m
Water temperature16–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and August
How commonRare

About this species

Fodiator acutus, the sharpchin flyingfish, is a species of flying fish in the genus Fodiator endemic to the northeast Pacific Ocean and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Fodiator acutus”, 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: 3 records
February: 6 records
March: 17 records
April: 14 records
May: 6 records
June: 1 records
July: 7 records
August: 19 records
September: 9 records
October: 6 records
November: 5 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–33 m · Deepest record: 735 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 17 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 21 records
26–28 °C: 47 records
28–30 °C: 50 records

Names and classification

English: Sharpchin flyingfish, sharpchin flyingfish, Sharpchin Flyingfish

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: volador picudo
French: Exocet bécune

Other scientific names: Exocoetus acutus

Similar species

Barbel flyingfish
Exocoetus monocirrhus
Oceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris
Flying fish
Exocoetus volitans
Blackwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys rondeletii
Sailfin flyingfish
Parexocoetus brachypterus
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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
261 open-data records from 1913 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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