Dactylopterus volitans

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Flying gurnards ; Found on sand , mud or over rocks in sandy areas, exploring the bottom with the free part of the pectoral fins [1]. Feeds primarily on benthic crustaceans, especially crabs, clams and small fishes .

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 1 to 100 meters.

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Callionymus pelagicus Rafinesque • Cephalacanthus spinarella (Linnaeus • Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus • Dactilopterus volitans • Dactilopterus volitans (Linnaeus • Dactilopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) • Dactylopterus blochii Swainson • Dactylopterus communis Owen • Dactylopterus fasciatus Swainson • Dactylopterus occidentalis Swainson • Dactylopterus spinarella (Linnaeus • Dactylopterus tentaculatus Swainson • Dactylopterus volitans • Dactylopterus vulgaris Steindachner • Gasterosteus spinarella Linnaeus • Gonocephalus macrocephalus Gronow • Polynemus sexradiatus Mitchill • Trigla fasciata Bloch & Schneider • Trigla volitans • Trigla volitans Linnaeus • Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 11-Apr-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dactylopterus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. macracanthus (Large-Spot Flying Gurnard) · D. orientalis (Oriental Flying Gurnard) · D. peterseni (Starry Helmet Gurnard) · D. volitans (Flying Gurdnard)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
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• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 23 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data
• (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database II
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Fish specimens
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125600
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23467
• Fishbase Species ID: 1021
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14382591
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167624
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFC9A01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 108930

Footnotes

1. Roux, C. (1986). Dactylopteridae. p. 1284-1285. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. [back]

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