''Exocoetus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flying fish
The Exocoetidae are a family (biology), family of Saltwater fish, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the order (biology), order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven genus, ge ...
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''
Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (oceanic flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus monocirrhus''
J. Richardson, 1846 (barbel flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus obtusirostris''
Günther, 1866 (oceanic two-wing flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus peruvianus''
Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (Peruvian flyingfish)
* ''
Exocoetus volitans''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 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'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
(tropical two-wing flyingfish)
References
Exocoetidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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