Hirundichthys rufipinnis Valenciennes 1847


Other Names: Blackwing Flying Fish, Blackwing Flyingfish, Redfin Flyingfish, Rondelet's Flying Fish, Rondelets Flyingfish, Rondelet's Flyingfish, Rondelet's Flying-fish

Illustration of Rondelet's Flyingfish, Hirundichthys rufipinnis (as Cypselurus cribrosus, a junior synonym). Source: Allan R. McCulloch, in McCulloch (1916) Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 5. License: Public Domain

Summary:
A dark flying fish becoming pale below, with greyish dorsal and caudal fins, black pectoral fins with a moderately pale outer margin.

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Hirundichthys rufipinnis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4082

Hirundichthys rufipinnis Valenciennes 1847

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Distribution

Off central Queensland, around southern Australia, to off central Western Australia. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in the Southern Hemisphere.

Features

Dorsal fin 10-13; Anal fin 11-13; Pectoral fin 17-20, first 2 rays unbranched; Vertebrae 44-47; Predorsal scales 26-32; Scales in transverse row 5.5-7.5, usually 6-6.5; Gill rakers (first arch) 25-32.

Body elongate, nearly rectangular in cross-section, almost flat ventrally; body depth 5.5-7.1 times in standard length (SL): head 4.5-5.1 times in SL: eye 2.8-3.0 times in head; jaws subequal, teeth conspicuous, conical; palatine teeth absent.
Dorsal fin low; anal fin originating slightly before, or 1-2 rays behind dorsal-fin origin; pectoral fins 1.2-1.4 times in SL; pelvic fins 2.7-3.5 in SL, inserted slightly nearer to posterior margin of opercle than origin of caudal-fin base; juveniles not barbeled.

Species Citation

Exocoetus rufipinnis Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, 19: 99. Type locality: Payta, Peru.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2017

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Hirundichthys rufipinnis Valenciennes 1847

References


Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Exocoetidae, Hemiramphidae, Scomberesocidae. pp. 383-393 figs 343-351 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. 

Kner, R. 1867. Fische, Dritte Abteilung. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857–1858–1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllestorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil 1. Wien : Kurl Gerold's & Sohn Vol. 5 273-433 pp. 12-16 pls. 

Ogilby, J.D. 1908. On new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 21: 1-26 

Parin, N.V. & Belyanina, T.N. 2002. A review of the flyingfishes of the subgenus Danichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). Journal of Ichthyology 42(Suppl. 1): 23-44

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. 

Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 19 544 pp. pls 554-590.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37233002

Depth:0-200 m

Habitat:Epipelagic, oceanic

Max Size:27 cm SL

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