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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderBeloniformes
  4. ›familyExocoetidae
  5. ›genusExocoetus
Exocoetus obtusirostris
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Oceanic Two-Wing Flyingfish

Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866

Also calledBlunt-snouted Flying Fish (por) · Dag meofet (heb) · Exocet Bouledogue (fra) · Exocet bouledogue, Exocet-bouledouge, Poisson volant (fra) · Exocet-bouledogue (fra) · Exocet-bouledouge (fra) · Malolo (smo) · Pesce rondine (ita) · Pesce volante (ita) · Pez Volador (spa) · Poletusa (srp) · Poletuša (srp) · Uçan balik (tur) · Volador Ñato (spa)

First described in: Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> v. 6: i-xv + 1-368.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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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 Exocoetus obtusirostris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2368660.