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Exocoetus volitans
Country
| Country | Myanmar |
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| Continent Ocean | Asia |
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia (COL) |
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| Phylum | Chordata (COL) |
| Class | Actinopterygii (COL) |
| Order | Beloniformes (COL) |
| Family | Exocoetidae (COL) |
Taxonomy
| Genus | Exocoetus | Reference | |
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| SubGenus | Vernacular Name | ||
| Species | volitans | IUCN Threat Status-Year | Least Concern, 2015 |
| SubSpecies | Nat'l Threat Status-Year | Not Evaluated, 2000 | |
| Infraspecies | Reason for Change | ||
| Infraspecies Rank | CITES | ||
| Taxonomic Group | Fish | Native Status | Native |
| Scientific Name Author | Linnaeus, 1758 | Country Distribution | Myanmar |
| Citation | Description |
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Exocoetus volitans is widespread in tropical and subtropical zones of all oceans (Gibbs 1978). It is probably absent from the inland seas of south-east Asia (Sulawesi Sea, Sulu Sea, Flores, Banda, Ceram and Halmahera seas) (Parin 1996), and the Benguela Current (Parin and Gibbs 1990). In the eastern Pacific, it ranges from Mexico to central Chile and is also recorded around the Galapagos. In the western Pacific, it has been recorded from Japan, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Australia (Chirichigno 1974), Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands. In the western Atlantic, it ranges from New Jersey south along the U.S.. Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to southern Brazil including Trinidade Island (Parin 2002, R. Robertson pers. comm. 2012, Simon et al. 2013). In the eastern Atlantic it ranges from the Canary Islands south to Angola including the Sao Tome and Principe Islands and Ascension Island (Alfonso et al. 1999, Wirtz et al. 2014). Wandering individuals have been recorded off the Azores, Madeira, and the eastern Mediterranean Sea, but some or all of these records may be based on misidentifications (Parin and Shakhovskoy 2000). It is known from only three specimens collected in the west Mediterranean Sea. It has been reported as common off the Tunisian coast (Bradai 2000).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
American Samoa (American Samoa); Angola (Angola); Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Saba, Sint Eustatius); Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago); Canada; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Chile (Easter Is.); China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte dIvoire; Cuba; Curaçao; Disputed Territory (Paracel Is., Spratly Is.); Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland), Galápagos); El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; France (Clipperton I., France (mainland)); French Guiana; French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.); Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.); Indonesia; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kiribati (Kiribati Line Is., Phoenix Is.); Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Montserrat; Morocco; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Portugal (Madeira, Portugal (mainland)); Puerto Rico; Réunion; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Ascension, Saint Helena (main island)); Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Solomon Islands; Spain (Canary Is., Spain (mainland)); Sri Lanka; Suriname; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; United States (Hawaiian Is.); United States Minor Outlying Islands (Howland-Baker Is., Johnston I., Wake Is.); Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – southeast; Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – western central; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – eastern central
Lower depth limit (metres): 20
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Population [top]
Population: This species is undoubtedly the most abundant flying fish in offshore tropical waters of all oceans at 20-29o C. In the Atlantic Ocean, it is common between 30-35o N and 25-30 o S in the west and between 20-28o N and 20-25o S in the east, but rare in the Gulf of Mexico from where only juvenile specimens accidentally drawn by currents are known (Parin and Shakhovskoy 2000). There is no information available on the population in the Mediterranean Sea region.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This epipelagic, oceanic species occurs in surface waters both near and far from the coast (Cervigón et al. 1992). It feeds mostly on crustaceans (copepods) and other planktonic animals (Gorelova and Grudtsev 1987). It is consumed by a large variety of predatory fishes, such as dolphinfishes, tunas, snake mackerel, and the rainbow runner, Elagatis bipinnulata (Vaske et al. 2006). It has pelagic eggs and exhibits intermittent spawning with each batch numbering 327-418 (mean 370) eggs (Alekseev et al. 1989). Individuals under 14 cm standard length are immature and all above 17 cm SL are ripe. The maximum age is at least one year (Parin 2002), while the maximum known size in the Atlantic Ocean is 19 cm SL, about 24 cm TL (Parin 2003).
Systems: Marine
Movement patterns: Full Migrant
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Exocoetus volitans is of no importance to fisheries. It is not recorded in the H. affinis fishery in Barbados (H. Oxenford pers. comm. 2013).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known major threats to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no species-specific conservation measures.
Citation: Collette, B.B., Singh-Renton, S., Robertson, R., Marechal, J., Aiken, K.A., Dooley, J., Oxenford, H., Pina Amargos, F. & Kishore, R. 2015. Exocoetus volitans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T198566A15550246. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198566A15550246.en. Downloaded on 11 May 2016.
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| Observerd Individual Count | 0 | Notes | Sold for medicinal purposes and as souvenirs. |
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Additional Info
Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Exocoetus volitans, click this link: Synonyms. |
Exocaetus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803 ¦ Exocaetus volans Solander, 1846 ¦ Exocaetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 ¦ Exocetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 ¦ Exocoetus commersonii Lacepède, 1803 ¦ Exocoetus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803 ¦ Exocoetus evolans Linnaeus, 1766 ¦ Exocoetus volans Solander, 1846 ¦ Exocoetus volitans vagabundus Whitley, 1937 ¦ Halocypselus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766) ¦ Halocypselus mesogaster Weinland, 1858 ¦ |
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Species Record Details Encoded By:
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Species Record Updated By:
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