Scientific Name	Exocoetus volitans   Pronounce			by: ©Ott, Gerhard H. F.
Author	Linnaeus, 1758	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	大頭飛魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F253　Exocoetidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大頭飛魚
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	飛烏
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Open ocean off Europe and America
Synonyms	Exocaetus commersonnii, Exocaetus volans, Exocaetus volitans, Exocetus volitans, Exocoetus commersonii, Exocoetus commersonnii, Exocoetus evolans, Exocoetus volans, Exocoetus volitans vagabundus, Halocypselus evolans, Halocypselus mesogaster
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	NTUM03558.
Common Name	Sharpfinned flyingfish; Tropical two-wing flyingfish; Tropical two-wing; Two-wing flyingfish; Blue flying fish; Cosmopolitan flyingfish; Linne's flying fish; Flyingfish; Flying fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, broadly cylindrical. Head short. Snout blunt. Mouth small. Both jaws of equal length; juveniles without barbels. Gill rakers well developed, with 30-34 gill rakers on first gill arch. Dorsal and anal fins with 13-15 soft rays; pectoral fins high on sides, strikingly long, always extending beyond posterior end of anal fin, anterior 1 soft rays unbranched; pelvic fins short, not reaching anal-fin origin, inserted nearer to pectoral-fin insertion than to anal-fin origin; caudal fin deeply forked, its lower lobe longer than the upper. Scales large, cycloid, easily shed; predorsal scales 17-20; lateral line without branch at throrax, with 43-48 scales; as a rule 6 transverse rows of scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line. Body deep blue above, pale below; dorsal fin without distinct black region; dorsal side of pectoral fin from anterior margin to 5th or 6th rays dark.
habitats	Adults occur in surface waters, both near and far from the coast. Form schools. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface. Feed mostly on crustaceans and other planktonic animals. Preyed upon by swordfish, tunas
Distribution	Widespread in tropical and subtropical zone of all oceans, probably absent in the inland seas of Southeast Asia. It is very common in all Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Minor importance to fisheries. Sometimes marketed fresh or dried.