Cypselurus callopterus (Gunther 1866)
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Beloniformes
- family
- Exocoetidae
- genus
- Cypselurus
- species
- Cypselurus callopterus
description
Beautyfin Flyingfish, Ornamental Flyingfish, or Spotted Flyingfish. To 28 cm (10.9 in) TL (Parin in Fischer et al. 1995). Southern Baja California (Robertson and Allen 2008) to Ecuador (Robertson and Allen 2015), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Surface to 5 m (17 ft) (Robertson and Allen 2002).