The flying fish, Exocoetidae, found in warm waters, have winglike fins enabling them to glide above the water's surface to escape predators. Capable of reaching speeds of 16 km/h and heights of 4 ...
"Reprinted from Dana-report ; no. 6, 1935." Text in English; summaries in English and Danish.
If you have read Jules Verne's ‘Twenty thousand leagues under the sea’, you might have wondered about sea creatures often. As it is still a mystery what lies deep under the vast oceans and how many ...
Folder 16 Exocoetidae Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Collection Creator: ...