Astonishing Creature , The Flying Fish .

This fish is commonly known as Flying fish, scientifically known as Exocoetidae has more than 40 known species, grouped in 7 to 9 genera (families). Flying fish are commonly found in the world of tropical and subtropical oceans, where temperatures are entitled to thrive.

Flying fish have a very unique defense mechanism to escape predators. They found that the best way to avoid other fish in the water is out of the water.

Flying fish are  occasionally beating the surface of the water with its tail fin (caudal fin) in long their flights. Their main diet is Omnivore & they grow up to 18 in (45 cm).Some flying fish can reach at approximate speed of 30km/hour (20mph) in flight & the recorded for maximum airborne time was 45 seconds, filmed by a NHK TV crew near Yakushima Island ( southern tip of Japan) in May 2008.

Flying fish used used in cooking

Astonishing flying fish