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Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847)
BLACK WING FLYINGFISH
Blackwing Flyingfish

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Hirundichthys rondeletii
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Hirundichthys rondeletii

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Overview
Main identification features
  • dorsal fin origin over anal fin origin
  • pectoral - 1st 2 rays unbranched
  • pectoral black + clear edge
Slender; snout pointed, shorter than eye; head small (<1/3 length of pectoral); pectoral reaching past anal base, 1st two rays unbranched, 16-19 rays; no branch of lateral line to origin of pectoral; pelvic origin nearer anal origin than pectoral base, reaching past anal origin; anal origin before 3rd dorsal ray; top jaw not protrusible; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; dorsal fin low, 10-12 rays; anal 11-13 rays, origin under or slightly behind dorsal origin; 27-32 scales before dorsal fin; juvenile without chin barbels.

Body dark iridescent blue above, silvery below; pectoral black, with narrow clear rear margin; dorsal and tail fins dusky, other fins clear; in juveniles the dorsal fin is clear with a dark outer blotch and the paired fins are black.

Size: 32 cm.

Habitat: oceanic pelagic.

Depth: surface, 0-20 m.

Circumsubtropical, off California to southern Baja, in the SE Gulf of California, off southern Panama, Ecuador to Chile, Cocos and the Galapagos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ); North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Antitropical (North and South temperate); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=-29; Western limit=-117; Eastern limit=-72; Latitudinal range=61; Longitudinal range=45.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); TEP non-endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 32 cm.
Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); California + Peruvian provinces, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Surface; Near Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1847., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvieme. Suite du livre dix-neuvieme. Brochets ou Lucioides. Livre vingtieme. De quelques familles de Malacopterygiens, intermediaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 19:i-xix + 1-544 + 6pp.
  • Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
  • Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.
  • Walker, B. W. and Baldwin, W. J., 1964., Provisional check list of fishes of the Revillagigedo islands., 18 pp.

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