Flying gurnard
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Flying gurnards
| image = Daori u0.gif
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Dactyloptena orientalis
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Actinopterygii
| ordo = Scorpaeniformes
| subordo = Dactylopteroidei
| familia = Dactylopteridae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
Dactyloptena
Dactylopterus
}}
The flying gurnards are a family (Dactylopteridae) of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins, which they use to "walk" along sandy sea floors while looking for crustaceans and other small invertebrates. They make up the entirety of the suborder Dactylopteroidei.
The family is small, with seven species in two genera.
Genus Dactyloptena:
- Dactyloptena gilberti
- Spotwing flying gurnard (Dactyloptena macracantha)
- Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
- Butterfly flying gurnard (Dactyloptena papilio)
- Starry flying gurnard (Dactyloptena peterseni)
- Dactyloptena tiltoni
Genus Dactylopterus:
- Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)
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