California flying fish: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Divingpetrel (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Cleaned up some of the information and made a citation. |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
| synonyms = ''Cypselurus californicus'' |
| synonyms = ''Cypselurus californicus'' |
||
}} |
}} |
||
The '''California flying fish''', ''Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus'', is a subspecies of [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[flying fish]]. It |
The '''California flying fish''', ''Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus'', is a subspecies of [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[flying fish]]. It may grow up to 15 inches (38 cm) in length and is the largest member of the [[Exocoetidae|flying fish family]]. It is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Oregon to Baja California. As with all other flying fish, the California can not actually fly, but it can launch itself into the air, using its specially adapted fins to glide along the surface.<ref>http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Cypselurus-californicus.html</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 22:20, 7 February 2014
 |
| California flying fish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. p. californicus
|
| Trinomial name | |
| Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cypselurus californicus | |
The California flying fish, Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus, is a subspecies of Pacific flying fish. It may grow up to 15 inches (38 cm) in length and is the largest member of the flying fish family. It is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Oregon to Baja California. As with all other flying fish, the California can not actually fly, but it can launch itself into the air, using its specially adapted fins to glide along the surface.[1]
References
 | This order Beloniformes related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |