1036 Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) Exocoetidae Flyingfishes Beloniformes Teleostei Mirrorwing flyingfish Circumglobal: all oceans preferably open ocean waters. Atlantic: northward from 37°N in the western part of the ocean to 25° N in the eastern part and southward from 30° S in the western part to 8° S in the eastern part; somewhat broader in the Eastern Atlantic. It is quite rare in the Caribbean (except for the eastern part) and in the Gulf of Mexico. Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal in the north to the southern end of Africa and the western coast of Australia in the south; not found in the Red Sea, Aden, Oman and the Persian Gulfs, as well as in the easternmost part of the Indian Ocean in the waters between the southern Indonesian islands and the northern coast of Australia. Juveniles are distributed throughout the range of the species except in the most southwestern areas from the Mozambique Channel to the False Bay and in the waters off the west coast of Australia; juveniles were found in all seasons. Pacific Ocean: northward from the northwestern tip of the Honshu Island in the west to 20° N in the east, and southward from the east coast of Australia to the waters of Ecuador and Peru. Absent in the East China, Yellow and Japan Seas, quite rare in the South China Sea, none in the inner Indonesian seas. AMNH 20274 Cypselurus speculiger AMNH 213 Hirundichthys speculiger ANSP 7485 Cypselurus hyperistius MNHN B-0827 Exocoetus nigripennis 4 s 32 w Exocoetus polleni AMNH 305 1906 Hirundichthys speculiger AMNH 317 1906 Hirundichthys speculiger AMNH 318 1906 Hirundichthys speculiger AMNH 13478 1933 Hirundichthys speculiger AMNH 13314 1935 Hirundichthys speculiger IORAS 03082 26 s 163 w 1968 Hirundichthys speculiger