Fish of the Hirundichthys genus of the Exocoetidae (flying fish) family of the Exocoetoidea superfamily of the Belonoidei suborder of the Beloniformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Black wing flyingfish. Photo by © Brandi Noble. NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory. fishbase.org)
Black wing flyingfish (Hirundichthys rondeletii) was first described in 1847 by the French zoologist and ichthyologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865).
It is a pelagic schooling species. It inhabits the surface waters, usually no deeper than 20 meters. The maximum recorded length is 30 cm; specimens up to 20 cm long are more common. It feeds on plankton and small crustaceans.
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of black wing flyingfish (Hirundichthys rondeletii) in other languages are as follows:
Peshk-dallëndyshe pendëzezë (Albanian), Χελιδονόψαρο Μαυρόφτερο (Helidonopsaro Mavroftero) (Greek), Dag meofet (Hebrew), Volador aleta negra (Spanish), Rondinella di mare (Italian), Schwarzflügelfisch (German), Awior (Polish), Круглый данихт (Krugliy danikht) (Russian), Poletuša crna (Serbian, Croatian), Morska lastovka (Slovenian), Exocet aile noire (French).