Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 270

Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 30 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-20 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in offshore tropical waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from north of Canary

Islands to off Angola, including the São Tome and Príncipe Islands and Ascension Island, not known in the Gulf of Guinea. One record for Gabon: USNM 299101-1966, UF 231939-1973.