Flying Gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAlmindelig flyveknurhane (dan) · Alon (spa) · Alón (spa) · Aralıq dənizi uzunüzgəci (aze) · Bies (mlt) · Cabrinha-de-leque (por) · Cajaleó (por) · Chichara (spa) · Coió (por) · Dzodzodroe (ewe) · Exocet (fra) · Falkun (mlt) · Falso-voador-do-Atlântico (por) · Faux Poisson Volant (fra)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Mediterranean Sea: 10500 - 199 (2 spa), 02.04.1962, Iskenderun Bay, M. Demir; 10500 - 533 (1 spc.), Iskenderun Bay, M. Demir; 10500 - 192 (1 spa), 02.04.1962, Iskenderun Bay, M. Demir.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
distribution
Wirtz el al. (2008) considered this as a doubtful record for Madeira.
Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf
distribution
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea; both sides of the Atlantic; also well offshore. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 29 January 2013); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status
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Every page naming Dactylopterus volitans in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2333605.