Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino pelagic-neritic; rango de profundidad 0 - ? m. Tropical; 31°N - 2°S, 114°W - 78°W
Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Body elongate, cylindrical, and thick; snout blunt, shorter than eye diameter; lower jaw slightly shorter than upper jaw and hidden by it; fins lacking spines; pectoral fins set high on body, extremely long, surpassing midpoint of dorsal fin; anal fin origin located behind dorsal fin origin by at least 3 or more rays; back iridescent blue green; belly yellowish white, pectoral fins with numerous, dark checkered spots (Ref. 55763).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Epipelagic in coastal waters. Capable of leaping and gliding considerable distances above the surface.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Parin, N.V., 1995. Exocoetidae. Peces voladores. p. 1091-1103. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: bycatch
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 15.9 - 26.4, mean 20.9 °C (based on 41 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00288 - 0.01384), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.0 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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