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Shortfin Flyingfish
Prognichthys brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847)
Also calledExocet aile courte (fra) · Zakatobiuo (jpn) · letoun okinavský (ces) · Короткорылая летучая рыба (rus) · ザカトビウオ (jpn) · 短鰭原飛魚 (zho) · 短鰭真燕鰩(短鰭燕飛魚 (zho) · 飛烏 (zho)
Prognichthys is a genus of flying fishes. They are Widespread in tropical oceans.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 3. — General distribution: East Africa east to Palau and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands. Epipelagic in oceanic waters, 0 – 20 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. Originally described from Carteret Harbour, New Ireland as Exocoetus brevipinnis by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1847: 123), based on MNHN 0 602 (holotype); subsequently reported from off the south coast of New Ireland, as Prognichthys gibbifrons (non Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847), by Munro (1958: 138).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Prognichthys brevipinnis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2368627.