Template:Did you know nominations/Exocoetus obtusirostris


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:06, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Exocoetus obtusirostris

 * ... that the oceanic two-wing flyingfish exhibits countershading? Source: "Flyingfishes ... All species exhibit classic countershading (dark-blue above and white below)"
 * Reviewed: Aap Kaa Hak

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 17:59, 4 August 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, QPQ done, copyvio 0%, hook in article with inline citation. All the flying fish exhibit countershading, but it fits dyk criteria. Was there anything explicit to this one, if you can think of one? Thank you Whispyhistory (talk) 17:58, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There's nothing interesting explicitly about this species, it's things like the shape of the snout, the number of rays in the dorsal fin or the number of scales on the lateral line that separate it from other species. Many marine organisms are under-researched and their behaviours unknown. We could have ALT1: Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:25, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * ALT1 ... that like other flyingfish, the oceanic two-wing flyingfish exhibits countershading?
 * Thank you. Either is ok. Whispyhistory (talk) 17:44, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't find the current hooks satisfactory. Here is another idea:
 * ALT2: ... that in its first reproductive season, the oceanic two-wing flyingfish breeds an average of 10,000 eggs, and then dies? Yoninah (talk) 22:12, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't like ALT2 for several reasons and have instead linked countershading in the other two hooks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:01, 4 September 2018 (UTC)