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Dactylopteridae
oriental flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis
Broad pectoral fins wavy blue stripes
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Mediumoriental flying gurnard is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flying Gurnards
- Family
- Dactylopteridae
- Genus
- Dactyloptena
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and New Zealand.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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