Deep-Sea taxon details
Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866)
159265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159265)
accepted
Species
Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Exocoetus affinis 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]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Western Bank, Gulf Stream off Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil, including the...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Western Bank, Gulf Stream off Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil, including the Caribbean Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159265 on 2026-02-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159265 on 2026-02-03
original description
(of Exocoetus affinis 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]
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]
basis of record 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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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]
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]
basis of record 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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Western Bank, Gulf Stream off Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil, including the Caribbean Sea [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Occurs in surface waters both near and far from the coast. [details]
Importance Social- most important commercial fish species of the eastern Caribbean [details]
Reproduction External fertilization, spawns at surface and to a depth of 20 m [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fourwing flyingfish | [details] |
| French | exocet à frange blanche | [details] |
| Spanish | volador golondrina | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hirundichthys affinis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hirundichthys affinis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Exocoetus affinis Günther, 1866)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
