Scientific Name	Hirundichthys oxycephalus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1852)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	尖頭細身飛魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F253　Exocoetidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	尖頭文鰩魚
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	飛烏、青頭仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Jakarta [Batavia], Java, Indonesia; Makasar [Ujung Pandang], Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia
Synonyms	Cypselurus oxycephalus, Exocoetus oxycephalus, Hirundichthys affinis
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)  Dr. P. Bleeker 1852 Chen, S. C. 1978 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058251. ASIZP0058460. ASIZP0071524. ASIZP0075174. ASIZP0075175. ASIZP0075176. ASIZP0806650. ASIZP0806651. ASIZP0806652. ASIZP0916650. ASIZP0916651. ASIZP0916652. BMNH1866.6.8.3. BMNH1866.6.8.4. FRIP00548. FRIP00843. FRIP20318. NTUM03561. NTUM04854. NTUM04855. NTUM04856. NTUM07746.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Bony flyingfish; Fourwing flyingfish; Mirror-finned 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 without barbels. Gill rakers well developed. Dorsal fin with 9-12 soft rays; Origin of anal fin slightly before, under or not more than 2 rays behind origin of dorsal fin, and with 10-13 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 31-36; lateral line without branch at throrax, with 51-56 scales. Body deep blue above, pale below; dorsal fin without black region; pectoral fin uniformly black except posterior margin; pelvic fin with dark area; caudal fin transparent.
habitats	Inhabits surface neritic waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indian and western Pacific oceans from the Arabian Sea to southern Solomon Islands, and New South Wales (Australia). It is very common in all Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Minor importance to fisheries. Sometimes marketed fresh or dried.