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Species
Least Concernflying gurnard
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderDactylopteriformes
- FamilyDactylopteridae
Habitatmarine, brackish
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dactylopterus
- Image
- Flughahn.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Dactylopterus volitans
- Commons category
- Dactylopterus volitans
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons gallery
- Dactylopterus volitans
- taxon common name
- Helmet Gurnard
- taxon range
- Bragança
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Encyclopedic overview
The flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), also known as the helmet gurnard, is a species of Syngnathiformes fish belonging to the family Dactylopteridae. It is a bottom-dwelling fish that inhabits tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic.
It is the only species in the genus Dactylopterus making it monotypic. Similar and related species from the genus Dactyloptena are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “flying gurnard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.