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Cheilopogon melanurus (Flyingfish; Atlantic flyingfish)

Synonyms: Cypselurus lutkeni; Cypselurus melanurus; Diaphus lutkeni; Exocoetus lutkeni; Exocoetus melanurus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Atlantic flyingfish (Cheilopogon melanurus) is a flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. It was first described by the French zoologist, Achille Valenciennes in a 22-volume work entitled Histoire naturelle des poissons (Natural History of Fish), which was a collaboration with fellow zoologist, Georges Cuvier.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States

Prey / Diet

Latreutes fucorum (slender sargassum shrimp)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Acanthocybium solandri (Wahoo fish)[2]
Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Nematobothrium atlanticus <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND DIETS OF FISHES ASSOCIATED WITH PELAGIC SARGASSUM AND OPEN-WATER HABITATS OFF NORTH CAROLINA, Tara L. Casazza, Thesis, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2008
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0