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Piebald flyingfish

Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Status not recordedbony fish

The piebald flyingfish (Cheilopogon heterurus) is a species in the family Exocoetidae, order Beloniformes.

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Quick facts about the piebald flyingfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the piebald flyingfish live?

Not recorded

Is the piebald flyingfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the piebald flyingfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBeloniformes
  5. familyExocoetidae
  6. genusCheilopogon
  7. SpeciesCheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Synonyms Cheilopogon heterurus, Cheilopogon heterurus heterurus, Cypselurus heterurus, Exocetus heterurus, Exocetus procne, Exocoetus heterurus, Exocoetus maculipinnis, Exocoetus procne

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Atlantic blotchwing flyingfishEnglish
  • Atlantic flying-fishEnglish
  • Atlantic flyingfishEnglish
  • Blotchwing flyingfishEnglish
  • Fourwing flyingfishEnglish
  • Mediterranean flyingfishEnglish
  • Single bearded flyingfishEnglish
  • flyvefiskDanish
  • juriolaSpanish
  • Poisson-volantFrench
  • דאון אטלנטיHebrew
  • flygefiskNorwegian Bokmål
  • flygefiskNorwegian Nynorsk
  • peshku fluturues i MesdheutAlbanian
  • ucan balikTurkish
  • Almindelig flyvefiskDanish
  • Pez VoladorSpanish
  • volador ala lunadaSpanish
  • volador ala lunada del AtlánticoSpanish
  • Volador MediterraneoSpanish
  • exocet méditerranéenFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the piebald flyingfish

Other species in the same genus Cheilopogon.

Flyingfish

Cheilopogon melanurus

ExocoetidaeNo free photo yet

Flyingfish

Cheilopogon furcatus

ExocoetidaeNo free photo yet

Volador

Cheilopogon cyanopterus

ExocoetidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the piebald flyingfish?

The piebald flyingfish (Cheilopogon heterurus) belongs to the family Exocoetidae in the order Beloniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Piebald flyingfish (Cheilopogon heterurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/piebald-flyingfish

MLA

“Piebald flyingfish (Cheilopogon heterurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/piebald-flyingfish.

BibTeX
@misc{piebald_flyingfish_2026,
  title = {Piebald flyingfish (Cheilopogon heterurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/piebald-flyingfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}