Scientific Name	Cheilopogon spilopterus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	點鰭鬚唇飛魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F253　Exocoetidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	點鰭鬚唇飛魚
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	點斑鰭飛魚、飛烏
Distribution in World	East India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Oualan, Carolines [Kosrae, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Cypselurus spilopterus, Cypselurus spiloptetrus, Cypselurus spiloterus, Cypsilurus bilobatus, Exocoetus spilopterus
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	ASIZP0070855. ASIZP0804855. ASIZP0804856. ASIZP0914855. ASIZP0914856. FRIP00329. NTUM06160.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,%
Common Name	Black-tipped flyingfish; Manyspotted 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 12-14 soft rays; Origin of anal fin behind 3rd soft ray of dorsal fin, and with 10-11 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 26-29; lateral line without branch at throrax, with 46-50 scales. Body deep blue above, pale below; dorsal fin without distinct black region; pectoral fin varying number of small dark spots; caudal fin transparent.
habitats	Occurs in neritic surface waters. Feeds on zooplankton and small fish.
Distribution	Distributed in the eastern Indian and western Pacific oceans from Andaman Sea to Samoa; north to southern Japan. It is rare and only found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No importance to fisheries. Sometimes marketed fresh or dried.