There are a large number of flying fish in the Caribbean Sea. Barbados wasknown as the “The land of flying fish”in the past. Flying fish are often caught by predators4 and fisherman. Luckily， their number in the wild is still stable5 and theyare not in danger.

Here are something interesting about flying fish：

Flying fish are usually 7 to 12 inches long. Fins6 of flying fish look like wingswhen they are spread7.

Flying fish are like torpedo8. Their fins are closed when they swim to get fasterin the water. Before jumping out of the water， flying fish swims faster and faster.When its speed9 comes up to 37 miles per hour， it jumps out of the water andspreads its wings.

Flying fish can fly up to 4 feet in the air， and stay in the air for 655 feet beforegoing back to the water. They can travel 1，312 feet with no break. This is importantbecause it helps to run away from predators. Young flying fish have whiskers10 nearthe mouths， and they look like the plants under the water.

Flying fish swim in large groups. They are very sensitive to the light and lookfor food in the night. They can live around 5 years in the wild.

飛魚是最有趣的魚類之一，因?yàn)樗茉诳罩酗w行。在世界上所有的海洋中可以找到40 種不同的飛魚。它們喜歡待在大西洋、太平洋和印度洋的熱帶和亞熱帶水域。

加勒比海有大量的飛魚。巴巴多斯過去被稱為“飛魚之鄉(xiāng)”。飛魚經(jīng)常被捕食者和漁民捕獲。幸運(yùn)的是，它們?cè)谝巴獾臄?shù)量仍然穩(wěn)定，沒有瀕危。

下面有一些關(guān)于飛魚的趣事：

飛魚通常有7 到12 英寸長，它們的鰭展開時(shí)看起來像翅膀。

飛魚很像魚雷。當(dāng)它們?cè)谒杏蔚煤芸鞎r(shí)，它們的鰭會(huì)合攏。在跳出水面之前，飛魚游得越來越快，在速度達(dá)到每小時(shí)37 英里時(shí)，它會(huì)跳出水面，展開“翅膀”。

飛魚在空中最多能飛4 英尺，回到水里之前能在空中持續(xù)飛行655 英尺遠(yuǎn)。它們可以不停歇地移動(dòng)1312 英尺。這很重要，因?yàn)橛兄陲w魚逃離捕食者。年幼的飛魚嘴附近有胡須，讓它們看起來像水下的植物。

飛魚成群游動(dòng)。它們對(duì)光非常敏感，一般在夜間尋找食物。在野外它們可以活5 年左右。