Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus

California flyingfish

WoRMS 126383ITIS 616685GBIF 5712301key worms:126383

2026-08-05: itis_id 616685 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cheilopogon spilopterus

California flyingfish40 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus — Photo · Dieno, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus, Bennett's flying fish, is a species of flying fish which has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical seas. 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.W CalCOFI holds 80 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2014, as larva.R

80
observations: 80
records: 80
sampling events: 1959–2014
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 80 obs · 80 events · 1959–2014 · larva
name used: Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus California flyingfish · code 178

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.01, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126383%22

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.10.01, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.01, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.