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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/61f6057e-a33a-43a1-90d6-2976584447dc/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Parexocoetus&speciesname=mento ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Parexocoetus&speciesname=mento http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Parexocoetus&speciesname=mento ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Parexocoetus&speciesname=mento https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Parexocoetus&speciesname=mento ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Parexocoetus-mento.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Parexocoetus Species in    Exocoetidae - Classification - Exocoetidae Beloniformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Parexocoetus mento ( Valenciennes , 1847 ) African sailfin flyingfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Parexocoetus mento   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Parexocoetus mento Picture by Hermosa, Jr., G.V. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes) Etymology: Parexocoetus: Greek, para in the side of + Greek, exos = outside + Greek, koite = hole (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Valenciennes . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 0 - 20 m. Tropical; 30°N - 23°S, 20°E - 178°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-Pacific: widespread from East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Gulf, to southern Japan, Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and Queensland, Australia. Migrated to eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal (Ref. 6523 ). Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573 ). Records from the Atlantic (as Parexocoetus mento atlanticus ) are in error. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - 13 cm Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2797 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-12; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 10 - 12. Dorsal fin mostly blackish; pectorals and caudal greyish, other fins transparent (Ref. 2797 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found in near-shore surface waters, never spread to open sea (Ref. 9839 ). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface (Ref. 30573 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Most die after a single spawning (Ref. 205 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V. | Collaborators Parin, N.V. , 1996. On the species composition of flying fishes (Exocoetidae) in the West-Central part of tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 36(5):357-364. (Ref. 27313 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )     Not Evaluated   CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00292 - 0.01429), b=3.04 (2.84 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . 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