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flying fish

a species of fish (Cypselurus californicus) in which the pectoral fins are enlarged and act as aerofoils when the fish leaps out of the water, enabling it to glide up to 50 m, possibly to escape predators.
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Prowse, "The history of road-making in Newfoundland," NQ 2.4 (1903:19); Exocoetus Volitans, "Fly-fishing in Newfoundland," NQ 3.3 (1903: 18).
From Parmenius to Paton: 350 Years of Classical Learning in (and about) Newfoundland
3.20 Octopodidae Octopus rubescens 3.20 Crustacea Squillidae Squillid mantis shrimps 2.52 Euphausiidae Nyctiphanes simplex 2.52 Galatheidae Pleuroncodes planipes 2.52 Penaeidae Penaeid shrimps 2.52 Teleostei Clupeidae Harengula thrissina 3.10 Phosichthyidae Vinciguerria lucetia 3.00 Hemiramphidae Oxyporhamphus micropterus 3.10 Exocoetidae Exocoetus spp.
Trophic segregation of mixed schools of yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) caught in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
SQUATINIDAE Squatina californica 0.02 0.01 DASYATIDIDAE Dasyatis brevis 0.07 0.02 UROLOPHIDAE Urobatis concentricus 0.01 Urobatis halleri 0.00 0.11 0.09 Urobatis maculatus 0.04 0.03 ELOPIDAE Elops affinis 0.13 0.09 MURAENIDAE Gymnomuraena zebra 0.02 0.01 Gymnothorax equatorialis 0.02 0.01 Gymnothorax castaneus 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.06 CLUPEIDAE Harengula trissina 0.03 EXOCOETIDAE Exocoetus spp.
Estructura temporal y espacial de la comunidad de peces arrecifales de la Isla San Jose, Golfo de California, Mexico
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