Finally we have the well known flying fishes. There are two groups of fish which fly, and these are the true flying fish, so common in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the ing _gurnards. In neither case docs true flight take place, however, Dut the fis ing out of the water makes use of their enormously developed pectoral fins as planes which carry them considerable distances. Much discussion has taken place as to whether flying fish fly by beating—th gs, some observers maintaining that they do, which would mean that indulge in true fight. It generally accepted now, however, that the flight of the flying fish is only a prolonged volplane, aided by the fish's rapid beating of the tail as it leaves, or each time it comes hear, the surface of the water, and the wind.
The trae fying fish is found in waters off Japan and South China: the flying gurnards only in tropical Indo-Pacific waters, The latest attempt to conquer the air is that being made by man. Some may object to aviator's being classed with the animals, yet the fact remains that man is an animal and his triumphs in aeronautics are latest manifestation of the animal world in its everlasting struggle to subjugate its environment.
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