''Fodiator acutus'', the sharpchin flyingfish, is a species of

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 ...

in the genus ''

Fodiator ''Fodiator'' is a genus of flying fishes. It is the only genus in the subfamily Fodiatorinae. Etymology ''Fodiator'' means "one who stab", likely a reference to the long, thin, sharp snout with its projecting lower jaw. About ''Fodiator'' speci ...

'' endemic to the northeast

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

and the eastern

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

References

acutus Fish described in 1847 Fish of the East Atlantic Fish of the North Pacific {{Beloniformes-stub