flyingfish
Ocean's airborne acrobat
A flyingfish is a marine fish with enlarged pectoral fins that allow it to glide above the water's surface, escaping predators by launching into the air.
These fish can cover remarkable distances—sometimes hundreds of feet—before reentering the water.
Found in warm ocean waters worldwide, they often land on boat decks at night, attracted by lights.
Swimming appendages
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- pectoralOf the chest
tail · streamlined · glide · airborne · aquatic · vertebrate · ichthyology · species
Move with effortless continuity
evade · flee · dart · breach · surface · elude · predation · survival
Of hot, humid regions
- pelagicOf the open sea
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
warm · Caribbean · Pacific · Atlantic · offshore · surface · subtropical · marine
fins
Swimming appendages
pectoral · tail · streamlined · glide · airborne · aquatic · vertebrate · ichthyology · species · adaptation
glide
Move with effortless continuity
escape · evade · flee · dart · breach · surface · elude · predation · survival · instinct
tropical
Of hot, humid regions
currents · warm · Caribbean · Pacific · Atlantic · offshore · surface · subtropical · marine · reef
Barbados
Caribbean island country
roe · tobiko · delicacy · cuisine · fried · smoked · traditional · Caribbean · Japanese · Taiwanese
tuna
Large edible ocean fish
seabirds · frigate · booby · squid · mahi-mahi · porpoise · hunters · chase · pursuit · threat
flyingfishbottom-dweller
Organism living on substrate
flounder · flatfish · stonefish · garden eel · anglerfish
flyingfishdeep-sea fish
Marine life from ocean depths
bottom feeder · groundfish · coelacanth · blobfish · anglerfish
flyingfishbird
Feathered flying vertebrate
seabird · albatross · frigatebird · pelican
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