Shortfin Flyingfish
Prognichthys brevipinnis
- Usual depth0–4,755 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
About this species
Prognichthys is a genus of flying fishes. They are Widespread in tropical oceans.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Prognichthys”, 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: 3 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–4,755 m · Deepest record: 5,029.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Shortfin Flyingfish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Exocet aile courte
- Japanese
- Zakatobiuo, ザカトビウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 短鰭原飛魚, 短鰭真燕鰩(短鰭燕飛魚, 飛烏
Other scientific names: Cypselurus brevipinnis, Cypselurus zaca, Exocoetus brevipinnis, Exocoetus chloropterus
Similar species
- Barbel flyingfish
Exocoetus monocirrhus
- Flying fish
Exocoetus volitans
- Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
- 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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 164 open-data records from 1929 to 2000.
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