A flying fish landed on our boat and we found it too late to return him into the water alive. So I used him as an actor for this video. His last flight will be online. About Flying Fish: Exocoetidae, is a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii. Fish of this family are known as flying fish. There are about 64 species grouped in seven to nine genera.Flying fish live in all of the oceans, particularly in warm tropical and subtropical waters. Their most striking feature is their pectoral fins,which are unusually large, and enable the fish to hide and escape from predators by leaping out of the water, taking short gliding flights through air just above the water's surface. Their glides are typically around 50 metres (160 ft).In order to glide upward out of the water, a flying fish moves its tail up to 70 times per second.It then spreads its pectoral fins and tilts them slightly upward to provide lift.At the end of a glide, it folds its pectoral fins to reenter the sea or drops its tail into the water to push against the water to lift itself for another glide, possibly changing direction.The curved profile of the "wing" has an aerodynamic shape that is comparable to that of a bird wing.The fish is able to increase its time in the air by flying straight into or at an angle to the direction of updrafts created by a combination of air and ocean currents.Genus Exocoetus has one pair of fins and a streamlined body to optimize for speed, while Cypselurus has a flattened body and two pairs of fins which maximizes its time in the air. From 1900 to the 1930s, flying fish were studied as possible models used to develop airplanes.Exocoetidae feed mainly on plankton. Predators include dolphins, tuna, marlin, birds, squids and porpoises.In May 2008, a Japanese television crew (NHK) filmed a flying fish (dubbed "Icarfish") off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan. The creature spent 45 seconds in flight.The previous record was 42 seconds.Flying fish can use updrafts at the leading edge of waves to cover distances of at least 400 m (1,300 ft).They can travel at speeds of more than 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph).Maximum altitude is 6 m (20 ft) above the surface of the sea.Some accounts have them landing on ships' decks.Flying fish are commercially fished in Japan, Vietnam and Barbados by the method of gillnetting and in Indonesia and India by dipnetting.In Japanese cuisine, the fish is often preserved by drying. The roe of Cheilopogon agoo, or Japanese flying fish, is used to make some types of sushi, and is known as tobiko. It is also a staple in the diet of the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan. Flying fish is part of Barbados' national dish,known as cou-cou and flying fish.In the Solomon Islands they are caught while flying, using nets held from outrigger canoes. They are attracted to the light of torches. Fishing is done only when there is no moonlight.Scientific classification:Kingdom:Animalia,Phylum:Chordata,Class:Actinopterygii,Order:Beloniformes,Family:Exocoetidae,Genera:Cheilopogon,Cypselurus,Danichthys,Exocoetus,Fodiator,Hirundichthys,Oxyporhamphus,Parexocoetus,Prognichthys (wikipedia)
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The Loch Ness Monster of Britain CAUGHT ON CAMERA?by ClaytonMorris992,632,658 views
Hi ! I am sorry that I didn't get a close up when the fish is still alive... but they just jump out of the sea whenever they dare and you cannot foresee the moment, unless you spend hours of filming the water.. still the fish is so small in the distance.. that the easiest was to take this one which was landed by accident on our boat,, during the night. Otherwise I would have released the fish asap... to save his pilot life..
NickVenture1 5 months ago
Yes, this dead fish went back into the sea.
NickVenture1 7 months ago