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Cypselurus oligolepis Largescale flyingfish

Cypselurus oligolepisis commonly referred to as Largescale flyingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5043 
AphiaID:
217867 
Scientific:
Cypselurus oligolepis 
German:
Fliegender Fisch 
English:
Largescale Flyingfish 
Category:
Flying fish 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Exocoetidae (Family) > Cypselurus (Genus) > oligolepis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bleeker, ), 1865 
Occurrence:
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bahrain, China, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 10.91" (27.7 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Cypselurus angusticeps
  • Cypselurus callopterus
  • Cypselurus comatus
  • Cypselurus hexazona
  • Cypselurus hiraii
  • Cypselurus longibarbus
  • Cypselurus naresii
  • Cypselurus oligolepis
    Fliegender Fisch
  • Cypselurus opisthopus
  • Cypselurus poecilopterus
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-28 13:49:26 

Info

(Bleeker, 1865)

Special thanks for the foto to Johnny Jensen, Danmark.

Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific: tropical waters from East Africa to southern China, Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.

Biology:
Occurs in near-shore surface waters, never spread to open sea.
Feeds on zooplankton and small fish.
Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface.

Synonyms:
Cyselorus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) (misspelling)
Cyselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) (misspelling)
Exocoetus apus Valenciennes, 1847
Exocoetus brachysoma Bleeker, 1865
Exocoetus neglectus Bleeker, 1865
Exocoetus oligolepis Bleeker, 1865

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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