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.
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
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.