Species: Cheilopogon papilio, Butterfly flyingfish
Cheilopogon papilio (Clark, 1936)
Butterfly flyingfish
Elongate, broadly cylindrical body; head short; snout short and blunt; mouth small, jaws ~ equal length, or lower a little longer, top one not protrusible; jaw teeth with 1 point, sometimes with smaller secondary points; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; fins without spines; 9-10 dorsal rays; 9-10 anal rays; pectoral reaches past anal base, its 1st ray unbranched; pelvic origin nearer base of tail fin than operculum, fin long, reaches past anal origin; anal origin under 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; juveniles with 2 fused barbels under chin.
Color: adults with pectorals black except for clear narrow margin and tip; pelvics black except for tip and first and last rays; tail and dorsal fin grey; anal transparent. Juvenile: with black chin barbels and black dorsal fin.
Size: 22.2 cm.
Habitat: pelagic.
Depth: surface, 0-20 m.
The lower ½ of the Gulf of California, Costa Rica and Panama, the Revillagigedos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- In & Offshore
- Offshore
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Bony fishes
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Island (s)
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 22.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
