''Exocoetus'' is a

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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 do ...

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 ''Exocoetus gibbosus'' is a species of fish in the family Exocoetidae. References gibbosus Fish described in 2000 {{Beloniformes-stub ...

'' Parin &

Shakhovskoy The House of Shakhovskoy (alt. ''Shahovskoy'', ''Shahovskoi'', uk, Шаховської, russian: Шаховской, french: Chakhovskoï, german: Schachowskoi, it, Šachovskoj) is the name of a princely Russian family descending from the Ru ...

, 2000 (oceanic flyingfish) * ''

Exocoetus monocirrhus ''Exocoetus monocirrhus'' is a species of fish in the family Exocoetidae. References Animals described in 1846 monocirrhus {{Beloniformes-stub ...

'' J. Richardson, 1846 (barbel flyingfish) * ''

Exocoetus obtusirostris ''Exocoetus obtusirostris'', commonly known as the oceanic two-wing flyingfish or the blunt-snouted flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean. It has the ability to glide above the s ...

'' Günther, 1866 (oceanic two-wing flyingfish) * ''

Exocoetus peruvianus ''Exocoetus peruvianus'', commonly known as the Peruvian flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish endemic to the tropical southeast Pacific Ocean in the waters off Peru and Ecuador. Description The species can reach a length of 152 mm (6 in) ...

'' Parin &

, 2000 (Peruvian flyingfish) * ''

Exocoetus volitans ''Exocoetus volitans'', commonly known as the tropical two-wing flyingfish or blue flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to tropical and subtropical seas. It can glide above the surface of the sea to escape predators. Description T ...

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, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

(tropical two-wing flyingfish)

References

Exocoetidae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Beloniformes-stub