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Japanese flyingfish
Cheilopogon agoo (Japanese flyingfish · Japanese flyingfish)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 35 cm is just over 5 cm longer than the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 According to FishBase, it is a common and commercially valuable fish, and according to the National List of Species of Korea, it can be seen along the central and southern coasts of Korea.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Japanese flyingfish is a marine fish in the flyingfish family (order Beloniformes) that follows warm currents and has a habit of gliding above the sea surface. It lives in waters around southern Japan and Taiwan.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body and head are nearly cylindrical and slightly flattened from side to side, with broad, large pectoral fins and large pelvic fins. Its back is dark blue and its belly is whitish.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It can glide tens of meters at a time. From April to October, it comes inshore in schools to lay eggs among seaweeds.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
The National List of Species of Korea records that it lives along the central and southern coasts of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • catalogueoflife.org — 5Y3K3
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000154667 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000154667
- • wikidata.org — Q2202770
- • fishbase.se — Cheilopogon-agoo.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Prespa Research Group · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Dasypogon diadema)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.