Scientific Name	Cheilopogon cyanopterus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	黑鰭鬚唇飛魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F253　Exocoetidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	青翼鬚唇飛魚
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	飛烏、黑鰭飛魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bahia, Brésil [Bahia State, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic]
Synonyms	Cypselurus bahiensis, Cypselurus cyanopterus, Cypselurus hewitti, Cypselurus lineatus, Cypselurus monroei, Cypselurus smithi, Cypsilurus cyanopterus, Exocoetus albidactylus, Exocoetus bahiensis, Exocoetus cyanopterus, Exocoetus dussumieri, Exocoetus parrae, Exocoetus solitarius ...all 14..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0066213. ASIZP0066220. ASIZP0075171. ASIZP0075172. ASIZP0075173. ASIZP0700071. ASIZP0700169. ASIZP0801020. ASIZP0801022. ASIZP0806647. ASIZP0806648. ASIZP0806649. ASIZP0911020. ASIZP0911022. ASIZP0916647. ASIZP0916648. ASIZP0916649. FRIP00375. FRIP20350. FRIP20409. FRIP21047. FRIP21660. FRIP22241. NMMBP06386. NTUM03392. NTUM05136. NTUM06158. NTUM06161. NTUM06162. NTUM06163. NTUM06164. NTUM07085. USNM00177425.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Volador; Blackwing flyingfish; Darkwinged flyingfish; Bearded flyingfish; Margined flyingfish; Guinea man; Guineaman; Flyingfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, broadly cylindrical. Head short. Snout blunt. Mouth small. Both jaws of equal length, or lower jaw a little longer than upper jaw; juveniles with a pair of very long tapering barbels. Gill rakers well developed. Dorsal fin with 12-15 soft rays; Origin of anal fin behind 3rd soft ray of dorsal fin, and with 9-10 soft rays; pectoral fins high on sides, strikingly long, always extending beyond posterior end of anal fin, only the first ray unbranched; pelvic fin long, extending beyond of anal fin when depressed; caudal fin deeply forked, its lower lobe longer than the upper. Scales large, cycloid, easily shed; predorsal scales 35-40; lateral line without branch at throrax, with 51-57 scales. Body deep blue above, pale below; dorsal fin with distinct black region; pectoral fin bluish-black when alive, black in spirits; caudal fin uniformly dark.
habitats	Inhabits both neritic and oceanic surface waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface. Feeds mostly on crustaceans and other planktonic organisms; often attracted to lights at night.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and South Africa to southern Japan, Taiwan, Mariana, Caroline and Solomon islands, Queensland and the Arafura Sea. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Guinea
Utility	No importance to fisheries. Sometimes marketed fresh or dried.