WoRMS taxon details
Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847)
126386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126386)
accepted
Species
Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919 · unaccepted
Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Danichthys cribrosus (Kner, 1867) · unaccepted
Danichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Danichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Danichthys rondelettii (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
Exocoetus cribrosa Kner, 1867 · unaccepted
Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1863 · unaccepted
Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818 · unaccepted
Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885 · unaccepted
Exonautes fulvipes Ogilby, 1908 · unaccepted
Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904 · unaccepted
Exonautes nonsuchae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932 · unaccepted
Hirundichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Prognichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil. Northern Gulf of Mexico, northern Bahamas
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil. Northern Gulf of Mexico, northern Bahamas [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126386 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C.S. (1818). Second decade of new North American fishes. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2(3): 204-206. [details]
original description (of Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919) Fowler, H. W. (1919). Notes on synentognathous fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 71: 2-15. [details]
original description (of Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Kner, R. ; Steindachner, F. (1867). Neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. C. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 54 (pt 3): 356-395, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919) Fowler, H. W. (1919). Notes on synentognathous fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 71: 2-15. [details]
original description (of Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Kner, R. ; Steindachner, F. (1867). Neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. C. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 54 (pt 3): 356-395, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil. Northern Gulf of Mexico, northern Bahamas [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Inhabits oceanic surface waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for considerable distances above the surface. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery [details]
Reproduction External fertilization.Spawns from June to August [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | vliegende vis | [details] |
| English | flying fishblackwing flyingfish | [details] |
| French | poisson volant | [details] |
| Hebrew | סנוניתן רונדלט | [details] |
| Italian | pesce volante | [details] |
| Japanese | オキトビ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μαυρόπτερο χελιδονόψαρο | [details] |
| Spanish | volador ala negra | [details] |
| Turkish | ucan balik | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Exocoetus cribrosa Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Exonautes nonsuchae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Danichthys cribrosus (Kner, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Exonautes fulvipes Ogilby, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hirundichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hirundichthys rondeletii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus cribrosa Kner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Exonautes fulvipes Ogilby, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Danichthys cribrosus (Kner, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Prognichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Danichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Danichthys rondelettii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Exonautes nonsuchae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Hirundichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase images (Hirundichthys rondeletii, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Prognichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Danichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Exonautes gilberti P11139 illustration) (from synonym Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Exonautes rondeletii P13301 illustration) (from synonym Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Exocoetus cribrosa Kner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Exonautes nonsuchae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Danichthys cribrosus (Kner, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Exonautes fulvipes Ogilby, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hirundichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hirundichthys rondeletii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus cribrosa Kner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus brachycephalus Günther, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus lamellifer Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus dowii Gill, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus rubescens Rafinesque, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Exonautes fulvipes Ogilby, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Danichthys cribrosus (Kner, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Prognichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Danichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Danichthys rondelettii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Cypselurus polyethmus Fowler, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Exonautes nonsuchae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Hirundichthys rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase images (Hirundichthys rondeletii, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Prognichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Cypsilurus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Danichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Exonautes gilberti P11139 illustration) (from synonym Exonautes gilberti Snyder, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Exonautes rondeletii P13301 illustration) (from synonym Exocoetus vinciguerrae Jordan & Meek, 1885)
To PESI
To ITIS
