Parexocoetus

Parexocoetus is a genus of flying fishes. They are found in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. It is the only genus in the subfamily Parexocoetinae which is unique among the flying fishes in having a jaw which is very protrusible and having a joint situated between the cranium and the shoulder girdle which allows the head to be more maneuverable than in other lineages of this family.^[2]

Parexocoetus
P. hillianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Family:	Exocoetidae
Subfamily:	Parexocoetinae Bruun, 1935
Genus:	Parexocoetus Bleeker, 1865
Type species
Exocoetus mento Valenciennes, 1847[1]

Species

Three recognized species are in this genus:^[3]

• Parexocoetus brachypterus (J. Richardson, 1846) (sailfin flyingfish)
• Parexocoetus hillianus (P. H. Gosse, 1851)
• Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) (African sailfin flyingfish)