family Exocoetidae

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family Exocoetidae - flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks

fish family - any of various families of fish

order Synentognathi, Synentognathi - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks

flying fish - tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight

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The feeding of young flyingfishes of the family Exocoetidae and of the smallwing flyingfish, Oxyporhamphus micropterus, of the family Hemirhamphidae.

Trophic segregation of mixed schools of yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) caught in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

The flying fish belongs to the family Exocoetidae and are distributed in tropical and subtropical waters around the world (Oxenford et al., 1995; Monteiro et al., 1998).

Reproductive aspects of the flyingfish, Hirundichthys affinis from the Northeastern coastal waters of Brazil/Aspectos reprodutivos do peixe voador, Hirundichthys affinis das aguas costeiras do Nordeste do Brasil

The most frequently consumed prey was flying fishes (belonging to the family Exocoetidae; 42.7 and 19.2% according to PRA and DO, respectively) and needlefish (belonging to the family Belonidae; 38.5 and 6.4% according to PRA and DO, respectively).

Inter-insular variation of the diet of osprey Pandion haliaetus in the Canarian archipelago