''Exocoetus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
flying fish
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes class Actinopterygii, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven to nine genera. While they cannot fly in the same way a bird ...
es.
It is a bony fish.
The body is covered with cycloid scales.
The mouth is wide, and the jaws bear teeth.
It is a marine fish.
The tail has hypobatic fins as the ventral lobe.
Species
Five species in this genus are recognized:
* ''
Exocoetus gibbosus''
Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (oceanic flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus monocirrhus''
J. Richardson, 1846 (barbel flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus obtusirostris''
Günther, 1866 (oceanic two-wing flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus peruvianus''
Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (Peruvian flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus volitans''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758 (tropical two-wing flyingfish)
References
Exocoetidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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