Can flying fish really fly?

Atheriniformes, the collective name of about 40 species of marine fish in the family Oedogonium, is known as "flying", so it is called flying fish. But flying fish are not flying. It feels like flapping fins, but it's just gliding.

Flying fish look very strange, and their pectoral fins are particularly developed, like the wings of a bird. The long pectoral fin extends all the way to the tail, and the whole body is like a "long woven". Flying fish can move at a high speed of 10 meter per second in the sea with its streamlined and graceful posture.

It can jump out of the water for more than ten meters, stay in the air for more than 40 seconds, and fly for more than 400 meters. Flying fish's back color is close to seawater, and they often move on the surface of seawater. Often flying in groups at sea, shaped like carp and bird-winged fish, with white lipstick on the head and blue texture on the back, often flying at night.

It can jump out of the water for more than ten meters, stay in the air for more than 40 seconds, and fly for more than 400 meters. Flying fish's back color is close to seawater, and they often move on the surface of seawater.