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Flying gurnard
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The flying gurnards are a family (Dactylopteridae) of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins[?], which they use to "walk" along sandy sea floors while looking for crustaceans and other small invertebrates.
The family is small, with seven species in two genera.
Genus Dactyloptena:
- Dactyloptena gilberti
- Spotwing flying gurnard[?] (Dactyloptena macracantha)
- Oriental flying gurnard[?] (Dactyloptena orientalis)
- Butterfly flying gurnard[?] (Dactyloptena papilio)
- Starry flying gurnard[?] (Dactyloptena peterseni)
- Dactyloptena tiltoni
Genus Dactylopterus:
- Flying gurnard[?] (Dactylopterus volitans)
- FishBase entry for Dactylopteridae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=285)
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