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Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Mirrorwing flyingfish
- Scientific
- Hirundichthys speculiger
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2013
Description
A flyingfish, dark blue above and silvery below, with a mirror-like pale band on the pectoral fins, reaching about 25 cm. It lives over deep oceanic water.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Hirundichthys-speculiger.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Hirundichthys_speculiger_15602427.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.