Australasian flying fish

Australasian flying fish
Australasian flying fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cheilopogon
Species: C. pinnatibarbatus
Subspecies: C. p. melanocercus
Trinomial name
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus
(Ogilby, 1885)

The Australasian flying fish, Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus, is a subspecies of flyingfish of the family Exocoetidae, found off New South Wales of Australia, and around New Zealand, in surface waters. Its length is up to 45 cm.

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