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Dactylopteridae
flying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
Pectoral fan with white spots blue stripes
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Mediumflying gurnard is a fish of Eastern Atlantic. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm. Its body is fusiform body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flying Gurnards
- Family
- Dactylopteridae
- Genus
- Dactylopterus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: English Channel to Angola, including the Mediterranean, Madeira, and the Azores. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ) to Massachusetts, USA and the Gulf of Mexico to Argentina.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
