Flying fish live in all of the oceans, particularly in tropical and warm subtropical waters. Their most striking feature is their pectoral fins,which are unusually large, and enable the fish to hide and escape from predators by leaping out of the water and flying through air a few feet above the water's surface. Their flights are typically around 50 meters (160 ft). I used to pick them up off the deck of the boat i was on and cook them. I always thought is was pretty nice of the ocean to deliver breakfast that way.