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Summary for Cheilopogon exsiliens Larvae
Bandwing flyingfish

Cheilopogon  exsiliens  (Linnaeus, 1771)
Family:	Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)			( not available )
Order:	Beloniformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Bandwing flyingfish
Distribution:	Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; rare or absent in the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 3720). Records from the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean need verification (Ref. 6523). Absent from the Caribbean (Ref. 26938).
Adult biology:	Mainly found in the surface of oceanic waters, occasionally near the coast (Ref. 5217). Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for long distances above the surface (Ref. 3720).
Diagnosis:	At 12.5 mm pectorals as long as head and longer than ventrals; their end reaches the middle of the space between the origin of the ventrals and the beginning of the anal. Ventrals originate at midbody level. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	subtropical
Main Ref:	Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65)
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	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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