Re: Longest recorded flying fish flight

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> By "beating its tail" a normal left to right motion is probably meant (not
> like a mammal and especially not like a beaver). Essentially, there is a
> position in which the tail is touching the water and it becomes possible 
> for
> the fish to start swimming again (in order to further increase forward
> speed) but at the same time the fish is able to keep its body clear of the
> water (in the relatively lower viscosity of the air).

Exactly.

> (I don't suppose it has much of a fossil record?)

AFAIK not, but the Triassic had a convergent clade!