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Exocoetidae - Flyingfishes

Exocoetidae - Flyingfishes

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06/05/22

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Fish publications - 1996

The following papers published in 1996 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

Spotfin Flyingfish, Cheilopogon furcatus

Spotfin Flyingfish, Cheilopogon furcatus

Spotfin Flyingfish, Cheilopogon furcatus

Yellow-wing Flyingfish, Cypselurus poeciliopterus

Yellow-wing Flyingfish, Cypselurus poeciliopterus

Yellow-wing Flyingfish, Cypselurus poeciliopterus

Fish publications - 2013

The 2013 publications in the list below all cite specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

Forceps Fish, Forcipiger flavissimus

Find a fish

The table below lists all fish families known from Australian waters. The site contains information on 1487 species in 274 families.

Matthew Brandley and Ainsley Seago

Fish Section visitors

Every year many scientists visit the Australian Museum Research Institute Ichthyology department for their research.

Fish publications - 2000

The following papers published in 2000 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

Spotfin Flyingfish, Cheilopogon furcatus

A flyingfish, Cheilopogon sp.

A flyingfish, Cheilopogon sp.

Fish publications - 1997

The following papers published in 1997 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

Cheilopogon abei, Abe’s Flying Fish, is a beautiful species of flying fish with ornately patterned wing-like pectoral fins.

Flying without wings

Out in the open ocean, the sky’s the limit. Out on the CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator, critters of fin and scale take to the air. Chadwick Biodiversity Research Fellow, Yi-Kai Tea, describes his time on deck, spotting flying fishes.

17 October 2022

Bigbelly Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis

Fishes of Sydney Harbour

This table lists all known species recorded in Sydney Harbour.

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