Dactyloptena

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Dactyloptena
Species: D. gilberti – D. macracantha – D. orientalis – D. papilio – D. peterseni – D. tiltoni
Name
Dactyloptena Jordan & Richardson, 1908

Dactyloptena is a genus of flying gurnards native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species

Currently, six recognized species are in this genus:[1]

Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909
Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855) (spotwing flying gurnard)
Dactyloptena orientalis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Oriental flying gurnard)
Dactyloptena papilio J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (butterfly flying gurnard)
Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) (starry flying gurnard)
Dactyloptena tiltoni Eschmeyer, 1997 (plain helmet gurnard)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Dactyloptena in FishBase. December 2012 version.