Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Exocoetidae
Genus:	Cheilopogon
Species:	C. pinnatibarbatus
Binomial name
	Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus; (Bennett, 1831)
Synonyms
	Exocoetus pinnatibarbatus Bennett, 1831; Cypselurus pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831); Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe, 1841; Exocoetus lineatus Valenciennes, 1847; Cypselurus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1847); Exocoetus orbignianus Valenciennes, 1847; Exocoetus robustus Günther, 1866; Exocoetus fernandezianus Philippi, 1895; Cypselurus minos Nichols & Breder, 1930;

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Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus, Bennett's flying fish, is a species of flying fish which has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical seas.^[1] It is an epiplegaic species which feeds on zooplankton and small fishes and is capable of leaping out of the water and gliding over the surface.^[2]

Subspecies

There are four subspecies of this widely distributed flying fish:

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831) (Bennett's flyingfish) - Atlantic and western Indian Ocean
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus (J. G. Cooper, 1863) (California flyingfish) - Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Oregon to Baja California
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus (V. Franz, 1910) - north western Pacific Ocean, around Japan
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australasian flying fish) - southwestern Pacific, eastern Australia and New Zealand

References

^ ^a ^b Carpenter, K.E.; Livingstone, S.; Polidoro, B. (2010). "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155104A4708020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155104A4708020.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Carpenter, K.E.; Livingstone, S.; Polidoro, B. (2010). "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155104A4708020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155104A4708020.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.

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