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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Exocoetus volitans

Tropical two-wing flyingfish

WoRMS 126385ITIS 165508GBIF 2368648key worms:126385
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2026-08-05: itis_id 165508 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cheilopogon spilopterus
Tropical two-wing flyingfish30 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Exocoetus volitans
Photo · Robert Mintern , no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Exocoetus volitans, commonly known as the tropical two-wing flyingfish or blue flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to tropical and subtropical seas. It can glide above the surface of the sea to escape predators.W CalCOFI holds 17 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1998 and 2006, as larva.R

17
observations
17
records
17
sampling events
1998–2006
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 17 obs · 17 events · 1998–2006 · larva
    name used: Exocoetus volitans Tropical two-wing flyingfish · code 159

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 v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126385%22