Species: Exocoetus peruvianus, Peruvian flyingfish

Exocoetus peruvianus Parin and Shakhovskoy, 2000

Peruvian flyingfish

Elongate, broadly cylindrical bodies; head short, snout short and blunt; mouth small, lower jaw a little longer than upper jaw; no teeth; 22-30 gill rakers; fins without spines; dorsal 13-14 rays; anal 13-14 rays; pectoral reaches to tail fin base, its 1st  ray unbranched; pelvic fin with origin nearer pectoral base than anal origin, fin short, not reaching anal origin; anal origin under or behind 3rd dorsal ray; tail deeply forked with a longer lower lobe; lateral line low on the body, no branch to origin of pectoral; scales large, smooth, easily shed; normally 7 rows of scales between dorsal origin and lateral line; 18-22 scales before dorsal fin; juveniles with nape hump and no chin barbels.