Dactylopterus

Dactylopterus volitans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dactylopteroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Syngnathiformes Subordo: Dactylopteroidei

Familia: Dactylopteridae
Genus: Dactylopterus

Species: D. volitans

Name

Dactylopterus Lacepède, 1801

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Dactylopterus pirapeda Lacepède, 1801
  • Type by subsequent designation of Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Synonyms

• Cephacandia Rafinesque, 1815
• Cephalacanthia Agassiz, 1846
• Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801
• Dactylophorus Swainson, 1839
• Gonocephalus Gronow in Gray, 1854

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1801: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. BHL
• Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1898: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47: i-xxx + 1241-2183. BHL

Links

• Dactylopterus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Dactylopterus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Dactylopterus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Dactylopterus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• azərbaycanca: Aralıq dənizi uzunüzgəci
• català: Verat volador
• Deutsch: Flughahn
• Ελληνικά: Κόκκινο χελιδονόψαρο
• English: Flying gurnard
• español: Alón volador, pez murciélago
• עברית: טיר ים-תיכוני
• Nederlands: Vliegende poon
• русский: Средиземноморский долгопёр
• shqip: Gishtflatrori, peshku gjel fluturuesails]
• Türkçe: Ucan kirlangic baligi
• українська: Довгопер середземноморський
• 中文: 離棘真豹魴鮄

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