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Flying Gurnard
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Flying Gurnard

Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFlying Gurnard
DutchVliegende poon
SpanishPez golondrina
Chinese离棘真豹鲂𫚒
Scientific nameDactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), also known as the helmet gurnard, is a species of Syngnathiformes fish belonging to the family Dactylopteridae. It is a bottom-dwelling fish that inhabits tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic.

It is the only species in the genus Dactylopterus making it monotypic. Similar and related species from the genus Dactyloptena are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderScorpaeniformes
FamilyDactylopteridae
GenusDactylopterus

In Suriname

16Records in Suriname
1933First record
1980Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Saramacca1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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