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Abe's flyingfish
Cheilopogon abei
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Abe's flyingfish
- Scientific
- Cheilopogon abei
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 22 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A flyingfish with spotted dorsal and pelvic fins and a yellow band on the pectorals, reaching about 22 cm. It lives in coastal surface waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cheilopogon-abei.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cheilopogon_abei_242414384_(cropped).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.