Dactylopteridae
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 Dactyloptena orientalis
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The flying gurnards are a family, Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins.They have also been observed to "walk" along sandy sea floors while looking for crustaceans and other small invertebrates by using their pelvic fins. They are the only family in the suborder Dactylopteroidei.
The family is small, with seven species in two genera.
[edit] Genera and species
Genus Dactyloptena
- Dactyloptena gilberti, Snyder, 1909
- Spotwing flying gurnard, Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1854)
- Oriental flying gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Butterfly flying gurnard, Dactyloptena papilio Ogilby, 1910
- Starry flying gurnard, Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887)
- Dactyloptena tiltoni, Eschmeyer, 1997
Genus Dactylopterus
- Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
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