[3] Like all flying-fishes, E. obtusirostris exhibits countershading, being darkish blue dorsally and white ventrally.

In the western Atlantic its range includes the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and in the eastern Atlantic it extends from Namibia to Madeira, the Azores and possibly the westernmost Mediterranean Sea.

It occurs in surface waters, both near the coast and in the open ocean, at depths down to about 20 m (66 ft).

[1] The diet of E. obtusirostris consists of small planktonic invertebrates, mostly copepods and chaetognaths.

It is common in the Gulf of Mexico but its conservation status in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea are less well known.