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Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847)

African sailfin flyingfish
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Israel country information

Common names: Dag meofet
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Galil, B.S., 2007
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: A lessepsian migrant, it was first reported in the Mediterranean coast of Israel before 1935 (Ref. 72453).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Walford, L. and R. Wicklund, 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Exocet voilier africain, Volador aletón africano, African flyingfish, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Etymology: Parexocoetus: Greek, para in the side of + Greek, exos = outside + Greek, koite = hole (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Biển; Ở đại duơng, biển (Ref. 51243); Mức độ sâu 0 - 20 m.   Tropical; 30°N - 23°S, 20°E - 178°W

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Indo-Pacific: widespread from East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Gulf, to southern Japan, Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and Queensland, Australia. Migrated to eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal (Ref. 6523). Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573). Records from the Atlantic (as Parexocoetus mento atlanticus) are in error.

Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - 13 cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 2797)

Short description Khóa để định loại | Hình thái học | Sinh trắc học

Các tia vây lưng cứng (tổng cộng) : 0; Các vây lưng mềm (tổng cộng) : 9 - 12; Tia cứng vây hậu môn: 0; Tia mềm vây hậu môn: 10 - 12. Dorsal fin mostly blackish; pectorals and caudal greyish, other fins transparent (Ref. 2797).

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Found in near-shore surface waters, never spread to open sea (Ref. 9839). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding above the surface (Ref. 30573).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Sự tái sinh sản | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Ấu trùng

Most die after a single spawning (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối : Parin, Nikolay V. | Người cộng tác

Parin, N.V., 1996. On the species composition of flying fishes (Exocoetidae) in the West-Central part of tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 36(5):357-364. (Ref. 27313)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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