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Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 6.

Common Names

  • Flying gurnard , English , Hong Kong
  • Oki-semihôbô , Japanese , Japan
  • 吉氏豹魴鮄 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 吉氏豹魴鮄 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 吉氏豹鲂鮄 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Dactylopteriformes

    Family: Dactylopteridae

    Genus: Dactyloptena

    Species: Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific, from southern Red Sea, Somalia and Oman to the Gulf of Thailand and Japan, but not southern Southeast Asia or Australia.

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless