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Australasian flying fish

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Subspecies of fish

Australasian flying fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
Genus: Cheilopogon
Species: C. pinnatibarbatus
Subspecies: C. p. melanocercus
Trinomial name
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus
(J. D. Ogilby, 1885)

The Australasian flying fish, Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus, is a subspecies of flyingfish of the family Exocoetidae, found off New South Wales of Australia, and around New Zealand, in surface waters. The Australasian flying fish feeds mainly on plankton and small crustaceans.

References

Notes

  1. "Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus summary page". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers
Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus


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