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    Species Accepted

    Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847)

    African Flyingfish
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Parexocoetus

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 7 countries or islands

      7 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      EgyptNo
      CroatiaNo
      IsraelNo
      LebanonNo
      LibyaNo
      Syrian Arab RepublicNo
      TürkiyeNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      28 results
      African Flyingfish English
      African sailfin flyingfish English
      Afrikansk sejlfinnet flyvefisk Danish
      Dag meofet Hebrew
      Ikan terbang Malay
      Iliw Tagalog
      Lawin Tagalog
      Letuchaya ryba Russian
      Pakharu-masa Marathi
      Pesce volante Italian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      3 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=147411
      Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen Der K.-K. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 21: 441–688. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=416587
      Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i–xix + 1–544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554–590. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=334
      Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
      Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin., v. 9. i–ii + 1–192, Pls. 397–429. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=288412
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/9741333
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 43: 419–453. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 10.1201/9781420037449.ch8
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

      Citation

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