Butterfly Flying Fish
Cheilopogon papilio
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Cheilopogon papilio, the butterfly flyingfish, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Exocoetidae, distributed in the eastern Pacific off the coasts of Mexico in Baja California and the Revillagigedos Islands, as well as some areas off Costa Rica and Panama. Other common names of the species include the exocet papillon in French and volador mariposa in Spanish.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Exocoetidae
- Genus
- Cheilopogon