Parexocoetus
# 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.

## Species

Three recognized species are in this genus:

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