Biology:Australasian flying fish
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Short description: Subspecies of fish
| Australasian flying fish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Family: | Exocoetidae |
| Genus: | Cheilopogon |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. p. melanocercus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus (J. D. Ogilby, 1885)
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The Australasian flying fish, Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus, is a subspecies of flyingfish of the family Exocoetidae, found off New South Wales of Australia , and around New Zealand, in surface waters. The Australasian flying fish feeds mainly on plankton and small crustaceans.[1]
References
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
Notes
Wikidata ☰ Q4823478 entry
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