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Two-wing Flyingfishes
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Two-wing Flyingfishes

Exocoetus

Exocoetus is a genus of flying fishes.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Cosmopolitan Flyingfish

speciesExocoetus volitans

Oceanic Two-wing Flying Fish

speciesExocoetus obtusirostris

Barbel Flyingfish

speciesExocoetus monocirrhus

Oceanic Flyingfish

speciesExocoetus gibbosus

Peruvian Flying Fish

speciesExocoetus peruvianus

Exocoetus mesogaster

speciesExocoetus mesogaster

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Two-wing Flyingfishes in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.378

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88349.