Flying fish is a marine fish that has two talents. Flying and Swimming (oopss…obviously). Exocoetidae or flying fish  is a tropical marine fish having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight. Their size is up to 18 in (45 cm). If you can see a fish jumping and jumping out of warm water in the world of oceans, it must be the flying fish.

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Wonder why they jump too much? It might be their survival technique to avoid being eaten by mackarel, marlin, swordfish, tuna, and the shark of course. Flying fish have an unusual defense mechanism for escaping predators than the regular fish.

Flying Fish

How do this creature fly?

 It gathers much speed , leaps or jumps right out of the water. Have you seen it streamlines torpedo shape? It helps them to generate and gets enough speed to leap right out of the water. And, it winglike fins get into the air, it spreads it chest fins so they serve as wings, keeping the flying fish in the air up to 325 feet (100 m). Isn’t it amazing?

Flying Fish

Once they are underwater, they close and fold the winglike fins so that they can swim. And, if they sense a predator would make them a palatable meal, they would easily escape out of the water.