Japanese flyingfish

phylum	Chordata	The Japanese flyingfish is a marine fish in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii. The Japanese flyingfish live in Northwest Pacific, near southern Japan and Taiwan. Their most striking feature is their pectoral fins, which are unusually large, and enable the fish to hide and escape from predators by leaping out of the water and flying through air a few feet above the water's surface. For more information, visit the fishbase entry. Get back to Beloniformes
class	Actinopterygii
order	Beloniformes
family	Exocoetidae
species	Cheilopogon agoo

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  Colorata Japanese Flyingfish