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Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish
Parexocoetus hillianus
Exocoetidae · saltwater water fish
1 minute read · Species guide
About Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish
Parexocoetus hillianus is a species of flying fish from the genus Parexocoetus. It is found in the western Atlantic in the waters of the Gulf Stream off the southeastern United States and Bermuda south through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to northern Brazil. In the eastern Atlantic a separate population, which may be a subspecies, is found from Guinea-Bissau south to Angola.
Range
Where it lives
0%
49.4%of mapped records
Habitat
Water and movement
- Water
- WoRMS records this species in the sea.
Classification
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Superclass
- Actinopterygii
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Parexocoetus
- Species
- Parexocoetus hillianus
- ITIS TSN
- 645260
- WoRMS AphiaID
- 272173
- GBIF key
- 2368613
- Outside the US
- ITIS also files it in Caribbean Territories, Mexico.
Common questions about Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish
What is the scientific name of Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish?
The scientific name is Parexocoetus hillianus, in the family Exocoetidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in the sea.
Where has Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 10 states, with the most records in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.
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