Flying fish is the common name for the fifty-two species in the family of fish called Exocoetidae that live in tropical and sub-tropical oceans around the world. They range in size from a few inches to a foot and a half. The Atlantic flying fish (Cypselurus heterurus), also called the four wing flying fish’, is among the most common, inhabiting the tropical waters of the North and South Atlantic. Flying fish are taken in small-scale fisheries with dip nets, seines, gillnets, and hook-and-line, sometimes at night with the aid of lights. Flying fish deposit their eggs on grasses and kelp, which is then harvested as a great delicacy.