Main identification features
- dorsal fin to lateral line- 7 scale rows
- pelvic short, near pectoral
- pectorals light grey
- juvenile - humped nape, no barbel
Head deep; snout shorter than eye, blunt, profile steep; pectoral very long, reaches to tail fin base, I, 13-15; lateral line without branch to pectoral base; pelvic origin nearer pectoral base than anal origin, fin short, not reaching anal origin; anal fin begins before origin of dorsal fin; 22-30 rakers on first gill arch; normally 7 rows of scales between dorsal origin and lateral line; dorsal 13-14 rays; anal 13-14 rays; 18-22 scales before dorsal fin. Juvenile: with nape hump; no chin barbel.
Color: iridescent blue above, silvery below; dorsal fin light grey, anal fin clear, pectoral fin light brown or gray with a light margin along the rear and lower edge; pelvics clear, tail grey. Juveniles: dark bars on the trunk; pectorals transparent with grey areas at front and rear; pelvics dark.
Size: 24 cm.
Habitat: oceanic pelagic.
Depth: surface, 0-20 m.
Ecuador to southern Peru.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=-1; Southern limit=-10; Western limit=-82; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=4.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; TEP non-endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 24 cm.
Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Continent; Peruvian province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Near Surface; Mid Water; Water column only;
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- Parin, N.V. and Shakhovskoy, I.B., 2000., A review of the flying fish genus Exocoetus (Exocoetidae) with descriptions of two new species from the southern Pacific Ocean., Journal Ichthyology (English translation of Voprosy Ikhtiologie), 40:31-63.
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