Animalia > Chordata > Beloniformes > Exocoetidae > Cheilopogon > Cheilopogon nigricans

Cheilopogon nigricans (Leaping flyingfish; Blacksail flyingfish; African flyingfish)

Synonyms: Cypselurus nigricans; Exocaetus nigricans; Exocoetus nigricans
Language: Afrikaans; Bikol; Cebuano; Chavacano; Danish; Davawenyo; French; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Kuyunon; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Portuguese; Samoan; Spanish; Tagalog; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Cheilopogon nigricans, the blacksail flyingfish, also known as African flyingfish, or Leaping flyingfish, is a flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. It is an oceanodromous plankton eating marine fish which has a commercial value.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Prey / Diet

Farranula carinata[2]
Oncaea media[2]
Oncaea mediterranea[2]
Oncaea venusta[2]
Triconia conifera[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Didymodiclinus cypseluri[3]
Didymodiclinus spilonotopteri[3]
Nematobothrium atlanticus <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 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