MCZ Ichthyology 96191

Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1991-03-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Mid-Atlantic Bight | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Chordata Craniata Teleostei Gnathostomata Osteichthys Actinopterygii Acanthopterygii Beloniformes Belonoidei Exocoetidae
Common Name(s): Blue flying fish; Common flying-fish; Cosmopolitan flyingfish; Flyingfish; Linne's flying fish; Sharpfinned flyingfish; Tropical two wing flyingfish; Tropical two-wing; tropical two-wing flyingfish; volador tropical
Determiner: JCS
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: JCS/1968]

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  • field number: OREGON5367-NEUS
  • group number: 334

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Mid-Atlantic Bight
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Collecting Method:
  • Neuston Net
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1991-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • OREGON5367-NEUS
  • Collector:
  • RV Oregon

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  • [Masked]

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