Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Dactylopteridae Flying gurnards

(See list of species below)

Select Class:	Select Order:
Select Family:	Subfamily:	Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):

Specify a country:

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

7 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.

Dactyloptena gilberti
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Dactyloptena macracantha
[Spotwing flying gurnard]

Photo by Yin, Robert

Dactyloptena orientalis
[Oriental flying gurnard]

Photo by CSIRO

Dactyloptena papilio
[Butterfly flying-gurnard]

Photo by Khalaf, M.A.

Dactyloptena peterseni
[Starry flying gurnard]

Photo by FAO

Dactyloptena tiltoni
[Plain helmet gurnard]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Dactylopterus volitans
[Flying gurnard]

7 Species of Family Dactylopteridae
(Flying gurnards)

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:

Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1909	Dactyloptena gilberti		Indo-West Pacific, from s	25 SL
1855	Dactyloptena macracantha	Spotwing flying gurnard	Indo-West Pacific	30 TL
1829	Dactyloptena orientalis	Oriental flying gurnard	Indo-Pacific	40 TL
1910	Dactyloptena papilio	Butterfly flying-gurnard	Indo-Pacific	22 TL
1887	Dactyloptena peterseni	Starry flying gurnard	Indo-West Pacific	36 TL
1997	Dactyloptena tiltoni	Plain helmet gurnard	Western Pacific	9.5 SL
1758	Dactylopterus volitans	Flying gurnard	Eastern Atlantic	50 SL

Other identification tools in FishBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.

cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, , php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 , last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013

Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Dactylopteridae Flying gurnards(See list of species below)

Family: Dactylopteridae Flying gurnards

(See list of species below)