Dactyloptena
Dactyloptena | |
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Oriental flying gurnard (D. orientalis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Dactylopteridae |
Genus: | Dactyloptena D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908 |
Type species | |
Dactylopterus orientalis Cuvier, 1829 |
Dactyloptena is a genus of flying gurnards native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909
- Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855) (Spotwing flying gurnard)
- Dactyloptena orientalis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Oriental flying gurnard)
- Dactyloptena papilio J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Butterfly flying-gurnard)
- Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) (Starry flying gurnard)
- Dactyloptena tiltoni Eschmeyer, 1997 (Plain helmet gurnard)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Dactyloptena in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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