Scientific Name	Cheilopogon suttoni   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Whitley & Colefax, 1938)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	蘇氏鬚唇飛魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F253　Exocoetidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	蘇氏鬚唇飛魚
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	蘇氏飛魚、飛烏
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nauru, Gilbert Islands [western Pacific]
Synonyms	Cypselurus suttoni, Maculocoetus suttoni
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)  Whitley, G.P. etc. 1938 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	FRIP00331. NTUM03550.
Common Name	Sutton's 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 elongated and flattened rounded barbels. Gill rakers well developed. Dorsal fin with 13-15 soft rays; Origin of anal fin behind 3rd soft ray of dorsal fin, and with 9-11 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 38-42; lateral line without branch at throrax, with 56-59 scales. Body deep blue above, pale below; dorsal fin with distinct black region; pectoral fin redding and semitransparent, with many dark dots, without larged black spot near the tip; caudal fin transparent.
habitats	Found in neritic and oceanic surface waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface. Feeds mainly on planktonic organisms and small fish.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indian and western Pacific oceans from Gulf of Aden to 140°E. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Minor importance to fisheries. Sometimes marketed fresh, dried.