FLYING FISH

What is flying fish? is it really a fish or some other objects? It is a very interesting thing to know what actually is a flying fish. Of course, there are fishes which although seems impossible to fly, can fly  to some distance above the surface of water.
Flying fish is a fish which is perfectly aquatic in habitat and perfectly adapted to live in aquatic habitat. They have stream-lined body, scale-covered body surface, gills for respiration and fins for locomotion in the aquatic habitat. But what about their flight ? They have a pair of enlarged pectoral fins which are parachute like and help the fish to glide in air for some time just after they lift the body from the surface of water. What helps to lift  their body from the surface of water? They have hypobatic type of tail fin which help to lift the body forward and propel them so that they can glide easily in the air above the surface of water. Due to these properties flying fish which actually is the bony fish is called the flying gish. But their flight is not as efficient as the flight of the birds. As their flight is not based on the muscular pectoral fins but just supported by cutaneous structures called patagia.