Blackwing Flying Fish
Hirundichthys rufipinnis
- Usual depth1–5 m
- Water temperature15–21 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and March
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–21 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackwing Flying Fish, Redfin flyingfish, Rondelet's Flying-fish, Rondelet's Flyingfish, Rondelets Flyingfish
Other scientific names: Exocoetus rufipinnis, Prognichthys rufipinnis
Similar species
Blackwing flyingfishHirundichthys rondeletii
- Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
- Whitespot Flyingfish
Hirundichthys albimaculatus
- Coromandel Flying Fish
Hirundichthys coromandelensis
- Bony Flyingfish
Hirundichthys oxycephalus
Barbel flyingfishExocoetus monocirrhus
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).
- 32 open-data records from 1895 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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