Species: Hirundichthys speculiger, Mirrorwing flyingfish

pectoral dark + broad clear cross-bar base to mid-fin, broad clear outer margin

Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847)
Mirrorwing flyingfish
Elongate, broadly cylindrical body; head 22.7-25.6% SL, snout short and blunt; mouth small, short, blunt, jaws about equal in length; jaw teeth conspicuous, conical; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; fins without spines; dorsal 10-13 rays, usually with fewer or equal number of rays than anal fin; anal 11-13 rays, anal origin slightly before of 1-2 rays behind dorsal fin origin; pectoral reaching past anal base, 63-74% SL, only 1st ray unbranched, 17-20 branched rays; pelvic origin nearer rear edge of operculum than to origin of tail fin, fin long, reaching past anal origin; tail deeply forked with a much longer lower lobe; scales large, smooth, easily shed, 30-34 scales before dorsal fin; lateral line low on the body, no branch of lateral line to origin of pectoral. Juveniles without barbels under chin.
Body iridescent dark blue above, silvery below; pectoral dark, broad clear margin, broad transverse clear bar from base to middle of fin; dorsal and anal grey; pelvics light. Juvenile: pectoral and pelvics mottled with dark spots and bars.
Size: 31 cm.
Habitat: oceanic pelagic.
Depth: surface, 0-20 m.
Circumtropical; 40N to 40S.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Water column only
- Near Surface
- 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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- Continent
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- Extends North of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Extends South of GC
- Extends N + S of GC
- Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
- Length Max
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- 31