Dactylopteridae

Flying gurnards

7 species

1. 1Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909ocean · temperate
2. 2Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855) · Spotwing flying gurnardocean · deep-water
3. 3Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829) · Oriental flying gurnardocean · tropical · reef
4. 4Dactyloptena papilio Ogilby, 1910 · Butterfly flying-gurnardocean · deep-water
5. 5Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) · Starry flying gurnardocean · tropical
6. 6Dactyloptena tiltoni Eschmeyer, 1997 · Plain helmet gurnardocean · deep-water
7. 7Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) · Flying gurnardbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.