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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Oxyporhamphus micropterus

Shortwing flyingfish

WoRMS 217871ITIS 165520GBIF 4286186key worms:217871
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2026-08-05: itis_id 165520 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lilychughes · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Hyporhamphus (Hyporhamphus)
Shortwing flyingfish18.5 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

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

Oxyporhamphus micropterus, the bigwing halfbeak, is a species of halfbeak found in the tropical oceans. Halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae) are small ray-finned fish that are closely related to flying fish (Exocoetidae), and the two families share many physical characteristics, including wing-like pectoral fins.W CalCOFI holds 704 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2006, as larva.R

704
observations
704
records
704
sampling events
1951–2006
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 704 obs · 704 events · 1951–2006 · larva
    name used: Oxyporhamphus micropterus Shortwing flyingfish · code 181

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:217871%22