Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865). Stained Flyingfish. 40 cm (15.7 in) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Ryukyu Islands (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Rocos Alijos, southern Baja California (Personal communication: California Academy of Sciences Fish Collection, San Francisco, California). 0–15 m (16 ft) (Robertson and Allen 2008).