Overview
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An Order in the Kingdom Animalia.
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Taxonomy
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The Order Dactylopteriformes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (1): Dactylopteridae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in the Order Dactylopteriformes.
Families
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Dactylopteridae
The flying gurnards are a , Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins. As they cannot literally fly, an alternative name preferred by some authors is helmet gurnards. They are the only family in the suborder Dactylopteroidei. [more]
At least 25 species and subspecies belong to the Family Dactylopteridae.
More info about the Family Dactylopteridae may be found here.
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