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Sutton's flyingfish

Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938)

Status not recordedbony fish

The sutton's flyingfish (Cheilopogon suttoni) is a species in the family Exocoetidae, order Beloniformes.

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Quick facts about the sutton's 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 sutton's flyingfish live?

Not recorded

Is the sutton's 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 sutton's flyingfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBeloniformes
  5. familyExocoetidae
  6. genusCheilopogon
  7. SpeciesCheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938)

Synonyms Cypselurus suttoni, Cypselurus vitiazi, Maculocoetus suttoni

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • 飞乌Chinese
  • letoun SuttonůvCzech
  • exocet de SuttonFrench
  • オオアカトビJapanese
  • MaloloSamoan
  • IliwFilipino
  • 飛烏Chinese
  • 蘇氏飛魚Chinese
  • 蘇氏鬚唇飛魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sutton's 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 sutton's flyingfish?

The sutton's flyingfish (Cheilopogon suttoni) 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). Sutton's flyingfish (Cheilopogon suttoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/suttons-flyingfish

MLA

“Sutton's flyingfish (Cheilopogon suttoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/suttons-flyingfish.

BibTeX
@misc{suttons_flyingfish_2026,
  title = {Sutton's flyingfish (Cheilopogon suttoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/suttons-flyingfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}