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Definition of Exocoetidae
1. Noun. Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Synentognathi, Synentognathi
Member holonyms: Flying Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exocoetidae
Literary usage of Exocoetidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"A few fossil species are referred to Belom, Belone flava from the lower Eocene
being the earliest. The Flying-fishes: exocoetidae. ..."
2. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1904)
"... damaged specimen, apparently of this species, is in the collection of the MCZ No.
8774, taken by Captain Hamilton at Bermuda about 1870. exocoetidae. ..."
3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"exocoetidae FLYING FISH Elongate, fusiform shape with enlarged pectoral fins
which allow the fish to glide above the surface of the water to escape ..."
4. Bibliotheca Zoologica by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann, Otto Taschenburg, Ernst Wolfgang Taschenberg (1894)
"[exocoetidae.] (Con 1 Fig.) in: Annuar. d. Mus. Zool. Napoli. Anno 1. 1862. p.
54—57. Bleeker, P., Sur les espèces d'Exocet de l'Inde ..."
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