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Stained flyingfish

Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865)

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the stained 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 stained flyingfish live?

Not recorded

Is the stained 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 stained flyingfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBeloniformes
  5. familyExocoetidae
  6. genusCheilopogon
  7. SpeciesCheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865)

Synonyms Cheilopogon spilonopterus, Cypselurus quindecimradiatus, Cypselurus spilonotopterus, Cypselurus tahitensis, Cypsilurus quindecimradiatus, Cypsilurus tahitensis, Exocoetus spilonotopterus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • 飞乌Chinese
  • letoun teplomilnýCzech
  • volador jaspeadoSpanish
  • Exocet marbréFrench
  • チャバネトビウオJapanese
  • MaloloSamoan
  • 飛烏Chinese
  • 紫斑鰭飛魚Chinese
  • 點背鬚唇飛魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the stained 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

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What kind of animal is the stained flyingfish?

The stained flyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus) belongs to the family Exocoetidae in the order Beloniformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Stained flyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stained-flyingfish

MLA

“Stained flyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/stained-flyingfish.

BibTeX
@misc{stained_flyingfish_2026,
  title = {Stained flyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stained-flyingfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}