Bony Flyingfish
Hirundichthys oxycephalus
- Usual depth0–4,389 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 15 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–4,389 m · Deepest record: 5,669.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bony Flyingfish, Pointed-headed Flying-fish
Names in 6 more languages
- Spanish
- volador casquete
- Filipino
- Iliw, Lawin
- French
- exocet casque
- Japanese
- Hosoaotobi, ホソアオトビ
- Korean
- 가는매날치
- Simplified Chinese
- 尖頭文鰩魚, 尖頭細身飛魚, 青頭仔, 飛烏
Other scientific names: Cypselurus oxycephalus, Exocoetus oxycephalus
Similar species
- Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
- Barbel flyingfish
Exocoetus monocirrhus
- Flying fish
Exocoetus volitans
- Sailfin flyingfish
Parexocoetus brachypterus
- African Flyingfish
Parexocoetus mento
Abe's FlyingfishCheilopogon abei
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).
- 271 open-data records from 1852 to 2003.
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