Black wing flyingfish
| Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) | ||||
| Family: | Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes) |
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| Order: | Beloniformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Black wing flyingfish | |||
| Distribution: | Subtropical waters of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: occasional to Spain and English Channel, western Mediterranean (a separate population migrates to the southeastern part in winter), Portugal to Mauritania and from south of Namibia; also off the Cape, South Africa (Ref. 2797). Possibly in Ascension I. (Ref. 98447). Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil (Ref. 7251). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). | |||
| Adult biology: | Inhabits oceanic surface waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for considerable distances above the surface (Ref. 3720). Feeds on zooplankton (Ref. 109257). Eggs with bunch of filaments opposed by a single filament on opposite pole (Ref. 6523). Reported to have no importance to fisheries (Ref. 109257). Depth assumed from ecology data. | |||
| Diagnosis: | At 7-8 mm pectorals reaching beyond origin of ventrals, these reaching about to half the length of the anal; 11-12 anal rays. At 13-14 mm pectorals reaching beyond anus. Barbels absent.. See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | subtropical; 43°N - 34°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65) | |||
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| Checked by: Giovanardi, Otello |
Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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