The document summarizes information about flying fish of the family Exocoetidae. It describes their appearance as having dull pointed snouts and sometimes enlarged pelvic fins with smooth, scaly skin. They live in tropical and subtropical waters of the open oceans and shallow seas around the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. Their life cycle involves the female laying eggs on debris, then the young swimming inshore before joining schools as adults to feed on plankton and small fish, continuing the cycle.

1. Scientific Name: Exocoetidae
Grade 6
By Martin School: Fessenden

2. Scientific Classification
•Kingdom: Animalia
•Phylum: Chordata
•Class: Actinopterygii
•Order: Beloniformes

3. Appearance
Some species will also have
Dull pointed snout
enlarged pelvic fins
Smooth, scaly skin

4. Habitat
‐ Tropical and subtropical waters
They Live In…
‐ Open oceans and shallow seas
‐ Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean

5. Life Cycle
1. Female lays eggs on seaweed or
debris so egg can cling on to it.
Male and female die shortly after. Flying fish eggs
2. After they are born, they will
sometimes swim inshore where
they would frequently be fished.
3. Once aged, adult flying fish will
swim in schools where they feed Baby flying fish
on plankton and other smaller
fishes.
4. Life cycle starts over. Adult flying fish

6. Diet
Plankton
Crustaceans
Fish eggs
Smaller
fishes

7. Predators
Flying Fish are hunted by…

8. Contribution to the Diversity of Life
• Keep other species from overpopulating by
eating them, eg. crustaceans, plankton, and other
species of fish.
• Popular food in many countries and considered a
delicacy.
• Used as bait for catching large fish like marlins
and dolphins.

9. How Humans Interact With
Flying Fish
Humans interact with flying fish by polluting the ocean with
trash and oil leaks from boats.
These cause oil and trash to enter the gills of the fish which
leads to death and maybe even to extinction in the future.

10. What Can be Done to Help this
Species Continue to Survive
• Continuing to keep fishing to a minimum
• Ensuring proper maintenance of oil and gas
tanks on boats
• Not littering in the ocean

11. Facts
Did you know that flying fish glide over water
to escape predators?

12. Fact 2
Flying fish will sometimes be found on sailors’ boats
because they are able to glide far above the water.

13. Fact 3
Some species of flying fish keep their hind
fin in the water while flying.

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16. References