Exocoetus

Exocoetus

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animal, animals
Subkingdom Bilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
Phylum Chordata – chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata – vertebrates
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Superclass Osteichthyes – bony fishes
Class Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes
Subclass Neopterygii – neopterygians
Infraclass Teleostei
Superorder Acanthopterygii
Order Beloniformes – orphies, needlefishes
Suborder Belonoidei
Superfamily Exocoetoidea
Family Exocoetidae – flyingfishes, exocets, voladores
Genus Exocoetus Linnaeus, 1758 – flyingfishes
Direct Children:
Species Exocoetus gibbosus Parin and Shakhovskoy, 2000
Species Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846 – barbel flyingfish, volador barbudo
Species Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866 – oceanic two-wing flyingfish, volador flecha, volador oceánico
Species Exocoetus peruvianus Parin and Shakhovskoy, 2000
Species Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 – tropical two-wing flyingfish, volador tropical
Exocoetus, Linnaeus, 1758, Taxonomic Serial No.: 165506

See flying fish.

References

  • Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia ©1950
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