Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Yellow-wing flyingfish
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Photo: Sir Francis Day / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Sir Francis Day; Commons file: Cypselurus poecilopterus Day.png

Yellow-wing flyingfish

Cypselurus poecilopterus

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Yellow-wing flyingfish
Scientific
Cypselurus poecilopterus
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Tunas and other pelagics
Family
Exocoetidae (flyingfishes)
Maximum size
Up to about 27 cm (total length); commonly 20 cm
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 yellowish wings, reaching about 27 cm, living in coastal surface waters.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.