What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Bony Flyingfish been recorded?

Hirundichthys oxycephalus occurrence evidence comes from 181 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1933 to 2015. Most records come from Philippines.

BeloniformesExocoetidaeHirundichthys

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

181 records across 15 countries and territories, 1933–2015.

Hirundichthys oxycephalus · GBIF taxon key 2368686

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: May.

4 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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

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

Where Bony Flyingfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Bony 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
Philippines 39
Somalia 24
Oman 18
Yemen 18
Indonesia 10
Sri Lanka 10
Vietnam 7
Mexico 6
China 4
Japan 2
Taiwan 2
India 1
Maldives 1
Palau 1
Solomon Islands 1
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.