Blue Flying Fish
Exocoetus volitans
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Exocoetus
Where to Find
Found in 41 diving areas across 30 countries and 9 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 3 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 4 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 2 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Hawaii, United States - 2 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records