Shane Gross / Flying fish (Exocoetidae) in Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Chien Lee / Flying Fish (Exocoetidae) taking flight from surface, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Norbert Wu / Flying Fish (Exocoetidae) uses large pectoral fins to glide through the air, Saba Island, Dutch Antilles

Chien Lee / Flying Fish (Exocoetidae) gliding over ocean, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Hiroya Minakuchi / Bony Flyingfish (Hirundichthys oxycephalus) swimming, Japan

Thomas Marent / Flying Fish (Exocoetidae) in human hands, Colombia

Chris Newbert / Flying Fish (Cypselurus sp), Kona, Hawaii

Norbert Wu / Flying Fish (Exocoetidae) small with one set of wings

Shane Gross / Flying fish (Exocoetidae) caught and drowned in a drift net off the coast of Sri Lanka.

Shane Gross / Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Shane Gross / Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.

Shane Gross / Gyre flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.