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Dactyloptena
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Dactyloptena

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

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Oriental Flying Gurnard

speciesDactyloptena orientalis

Mottled Flying Gurnard

speciesDactyloptena macracantha

Largespot Flying Gurnard

speciesDactyloptena papilio

Onespine Flying Gurnard

speciesDactyloptena peterseni

Dactyloptena gilberti

speciesDactyloptena gilberti

Plain Helmet Gurnard

speciesDactyloptena tiltoni

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51380.