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Tringa flyingfish

Prognichthys tringa Breder, 1928

Status not recordedbony fish

The tringa flyingfish (Prognichthys tringa) is a species in the family Exocoetidae, order Beloniformes.

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Quick facts about the tringa 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 tringa flyingfish live?

Not recorded

Is the tringa 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 tringa flyingfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBeloniformes
  5. familyExocoetidae
  6. genusPrognichthys
  7. SpeciesPrognichthys tringa Breder, 1928
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Panamic flyingfishEnglish
  • letoun tringaCzech
  • Volador tringaSpanish
  • Exocet tringaFrench
  • volador panámicoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tringa flyingfish

Other species in the same genus Prognichthys.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tringa flyingfish?

The tringa flyingfish (Prognichthys tringa) 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). Tringa flyingfish (Prognichthys tringa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tringa-flyingfish

MLA

“Tringa flyingfish (Prognichthys tringa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tringa-flyingfish.

BibTeX
@misc{tringa_flyingfish_2026,
  title = {Tringa flyingfish (Prognichthys tringa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tringa-flyingfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}