Flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
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
- Hirundichthys
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 16 countries and 8 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- Hawaii, United States - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 1 records