Species: Cheilopogon cyanopterus, Marginated flyingfish
sides roof mouth with teeth
Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847)
Marginated flyingfish
Body elongate, rectangular in cross section; mouth small, short, blunt; jaws ~equal; jaw teeth relatively large, noticeable to touch, conical, curved; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; fins without spines; dorsal fin moderately high (>10% SL), 12-14 rays; 9-11 anal rays, origin of fin under 5th-7th dorsal ray; pectoral reaches past anal base, 1st ray unbranched; pelvic origin nearer operculum than base of tail fin, reaches just past anal base; tail deeply forked with a longer lower lobe; scales large, smooth, easily shed; 33-41 scales on nape in front of dorsal fin; lateral line low on the body; lateral line low on the body, no branch of lateral line to origin of pectoral. Juveniles with enlarged dorsal fin; 2 fused very long (>59% SL) barbells under chin.
Dark above, pale below; dorsal grey with large black central spot; anal fin transparent; pectorals blue-black except thin outer and lower margins; anal clear; tail fin almost entirely black; pelvics clear. Juvenile: dorsal fin black; other fins strongly pigmented; stems of barbells light, their side folds black.
Size: 41 cm.
Habitat: surface pelagic, inshore and offshore.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Tropical W Atlantic and Indo-W Pacific; from 40N to 20S in the W Atlantic.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Offshore
- In & Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Near Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends North of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Extends South of GC
- Extends N + S of GC
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 41
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
