Butterfly flying-gurnard

Dactyloptena papilio

Fish Reaching Twenty Two Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

Butterfly flying-gurnard is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 22 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flying Gurnards
Family: Dactylopteridae
Genus: Dactyloptena
Maximum length: 22 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ), northwestern Australia, elsewhere in the region (Ref. 7300 ) and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192 ).

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