Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847)

pez volador, volador aleta negra, golondrina del mar, black wing flyingfish

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Beloniformes

Family
Exocoetidae

Genus
Hirundichthys

Species
rondeletii

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: circumtropical

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Hirundichthys rondeletii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13170. Accessed 31 May 2025.