What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Tropical two-wing flyingfish been recorded?

Exocoetus volitans occurrence evidence comes from 896 records in 67 countries and territories, from 1884 to 2024. Most records come from United States.

BeloniformesExocoetidaeExocoetus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

896 records across 67 countries and territories, 1884–2024.

Exocoetus volitans · GBIF taxon key 2368648

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18842024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Tropical two-wing flyingfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Tropical two-wing flyingfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 63
Somalia 23
Brazil 21
Costa Rica 21
Cabo Verde 19
Mexico 19
Yemen 16
Seychelles 14
Ecuador 13
Maldives 12
Philippines 12
Canada 10
France 10
Vietnam 9
Colombia 7
Venezuela 7
Oman 6
Panama 6
Dominican Republic 5
Nicaragua 5
ZZ 5
Barbados 4
Bahamas 4
Côte d'Ivoire 4
Cuba 4
Mauritius 4
Australia 3
Ghana 3
Japan 3
Marshall Islands 3
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3
Bermuda 2
Western Sahara 2
Fiji 2
Guadeloupe 2
Honduras 2
Indonesia 2
Kiribati 2
Puerto Rico 2
Saint Helena 2

Showing the top 40 of 67 places.

Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.