Scientific Name	Prognichthys brevipinnis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	短鰭原飛魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F253　Exocoetidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	短鰭真燕鰩(短鰭燕飛魚)
Max Length	19 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	飛烏
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Hâvre Carteret de la Nouvelle-Irlande [Carteret Harbour, Lambom Island, near Cape Saint-George, southern New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific, ca. 4°48'S, 152°51'E]
Synonyms	Cypselurus brevipinnis, Cypselurus zaca, Exocoetus brevipinnis, Exocoetus chloropterus
Reference	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	ASIZP0065036. FRIP00899. FRIP00900. NTUM03555.
Common Name	Shortfin flyingfish; Shortfinned flyingfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, broadly cylindrical. Head short. Snout blunt. Mouth small; juveniles without barbels. Gill rakers well developed. Dorsal fin with 10-11 soft rays; Origin of anal fin behind 3rd soft ray of dorsal fin, and with 8-10 soft rays; pectoral fins high on sides, strikingly long, always extending beyond posterior end of anal fin, anterior 3 soft rays 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 25-29; lateral line without branch at throrax, with 46-51 scales. Body deep blue above, pale below; dorsal fin without distinct black region; pectoral fin dark except the lower part and the tip; and caudal fins transparent.
habitats	Usually found in neritic surface waters, rare in the open ocean. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface.
Distribution	Widespread in the Indian and Pacific oceans from East Africa to Okinawa, and Fiji. It is rare and only found in southeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No importance to fisheries. Sometimes marketed fresh or dried.