• Commonly called “Flying fish”.

• It makes lengthy leaps over water with the help of wings (wings are not flapped but are used merely as pastures).

• Motive power comes from a strong flick of the tail.

• Oblong body with cycloid scales.

• Tail fin is homocercal and hypobatic (ventral lobe is larger than dorsal lobe).

• Pectoral fins are enormously enlarged (wings).

• Eyes are large.