Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Japanese flyingfish
Cheilopogon agoo
photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Family:  Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
Max. size:  35 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range - 0 m
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and Taiwan (Ref. 5193). Not in Russia as in (Ref. 27863) (Parin, pers. comm.).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found in the neritic zone (Ref. 11230). Spawning school captured with gill-net in early summer. Common and commercially valued. Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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