Dactylopterus volitans

Dactylopterus volitans

Dactylopterus volitans with extended pectoral fins

Dactylopterus Volitans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dactylopteroidei

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: Dactylopterus

Species: Dactylopterus volitans

Name

Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: Mediterranean Sea and Asia (in error)

Original combination: Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Callionymus pelagicus Rafinesque, 1818
• Cephalacanthus spinarella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dactylopterus blochii Swainson, 1839
• Dactylopterus communis Gistel, 1848
• Dactylopterus fasciatus Swainson, 1839
• Dactylopterus occidentalis Swainson, 1839
• Dactylopterus pirapeda Lacepède, 1801
• Dactylopterus spinarella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dactylopterus tentaculatus Swainson, 1839
• Dactylopterus vulgaris Steindachner, 1867
• Gonocephalus macrocephalus Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Polynemus sexradiatus Mitchill, 1818
• Polynemus tridigitatus Mitchill, 1814
• Trigla fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Trigla tentabunda Walbaum ex Klein, 1792
• Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 297. Reference page. 
• Uyeno, T., Matsuura, K. & Fujii, E. (eds.) 1983. Fishes trawled off Surinam and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center 1–519, Many col. figs.

Links

• Dactylopterus volitans – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Dactylopterus volitans in the World Register of Marine Species
• Dactylopterus volitans in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Dactylopterus volitans in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. 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 fluturues
Türkçe: Ucan kirlangic baligi
українська: Довгопер середземноморський
中文: 離棘真豹魴鮄

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