Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Fodiator rostratus
Pez volador hocicón, Volador picudo, Snout flying fish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Beloniformes
Family
Exocoetidae
Genus
Fodiator
Species
rostratus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Exocoetus rostratus Günther, 1866, Fodiator acutus pacificus Bruun, 1933, Fodiator acutus rostratus (Günther, 1866) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- 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, Fodiator rostratus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20171. Accessed 5 November 2026.