Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Parexocoetus brachypterus

Sailfin flyingfish

WoRMS 217872ITIS 165522GBIF 2368600key worms:217872

2026-08-05: itis_id 165522 via WoRMS external link

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

Sailfin flyingfish20 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Parexocoetus brachypterus — Photo · David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The sailfin flying fish is a member of the flyingfish family Exocoetidae. As is typical of other members of its family, this species has the ability to jump out of the water and glide on hypertrophied fins in order to evade predators.W CalCOFI holds 6 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2002 and 2006, as larva.R

6
observations: 6
records: 6
sampling events: 2002–2006
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 6 obs · 6 events · 2002–2006 · larva
name used: Parexocoetus brachypterus Sailfin flyingfish · code 1395

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/.

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:217872%22

Parexocoetus brachypterus

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 v2026.09.11, 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
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.