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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Hirundichthys speculiger

Mirrorwing flyingfish

WoRMS 126387ITIS 165517GBIF 2368689key worms:126387
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2026-08-05: itis_id 165517 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cheilopogon spilopterus
Mirrorwing flyingfish25.1 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Hirundichthys speculiger
Photo · David Starr Jordan , no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The mirrorwing flyingfish is a flying fish of the family Exocoetidae. It was first described by the French zoologist, Achille Valenciennes in a 22-volume work titled Histoire naturelle des poissons, which was a collaboration with Georges Cuvier.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2002, as larva.R

2
observations
2
records
2
sampling events
1988–2002
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 2 obs · 2 events · 1988–2002 · larva
    name used: Hirundichthys speculiger Mirrorwing flyingfish · code 192

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:126387%22