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Dactylopteridae
The flying gurnards are a family, Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins. As they cannot literally fly or glide in the air (like flying fish), an alternative name preferred by some authors is helmet gurnards. They have been regarded as the only family in the suborder Dactylopteroidei of the Scorpaeniformes. However, more recent molecular classifications put them in the order Syngnathiformes, in the superfamily Centriscoidea.

flying gurnard
species of fish

Oriental Flying Gurnard
species of fish

Dactyloptena
Dactyloptena is a genus of flying gurnards native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Spotwing flying gurnard
species of fish