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Flying Fish

Flying Fish is a type of fish which during its normal swimming movement in water can occasionally take to aerial flight by jumping into the air and gliding horizontally. The distance thus covered is at times as long as four hundred metres. These fishes occur on both east and west coasts of India, but more on the south-west where they form a fishery in winter months. They belong to the family Exocoetidae. The species are recorded from Indian seas, of which three, Cypselurus altipennis, Exocoetus volitans, and Paraexocoetus brachypterus are common.<br>

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Flying Fish

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  1. Flying Fish Flying fish have evolved large wing-shaped fins that enable gliding over distance and their maximum recorded distance is 655 feet ocean goers witness them exiting one side of a swell before entering another swell. Sometimes this can take 45 seconds, so it’s exciting to watch. Flying fish are incredible ocean fish that astonish seafarers with their power and flying ability. Flying fish gather so much speed they can launch themselves from the ocean and glide huge distances. From their astonishing speed to how young flying fish (fry) hide in the ocean to avoid predators, here are 10 incredible flying fish facts that will surprise you. Flying Fish is mostly found in the south western Indian seas. This fish can fly a maximum distance of about four hundred metres over the surface of sea water. Flying Fish is a type of fish which during its normal swimming movement in water can occasionally take to aerial flight by jumping into the air and gliding horizontally. The distance thus covered is at times as long as four hundred metres. These fishes occur on both east and west coasts of India, but more on the south-west where they form a fishery in winter months. They belong to the family Exocoetidae. The species are recorded from Indian seas, of which three, Cypselurus altipennis, Exocoetus volitans, and Paraexocoetus brachypterus are common. There are small twenty five centimetres long fish with elongated roundish body and long broad pectoral fins extending up to the tail fin, the lower lobe of which also is elongated and pronounced. In some species the pelvic fin too is enlarged. Being pelagic, they swim usually in the upper strata of water. When they are about to fly, they accelerate their speed for a short distance, then suddenly jerk their head out of water and with powerful vibrations of the caudal portion of their body and the tail fin kick the water surface and become air-borne like a plane, spreading out their large pectoral fins for gliding. The pectoral fins are not flapped like birds' or butterflies' wings but kept distended.

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