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Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855)

Description

Differ in color from the more common D. orientalis by the lack of blue lines in the pectoral fins and has a centrally placed dark blotch on the fin instead. Also the body lacks black spots (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

  • Pletvinget flyveknurhane , Danish , Denmark
  • Flying gurnard , English , Malaysia
  • Large-spot flying gurnard , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Mottled flying gurnard , English , Australia
  • Spiny flying gurnard , English , Indonesia
  • Spotwing flying gurnard , English , Malaysia
  • Spotwing flying gurnard , English , Global
  • Spotwing helmet gurnard , English , Australia
  • Grondin volant cocarde , French , France
  • Belalang , Malay , Malaysia
  • Belalang sayap , Malay , Malaysia
  • Ikan belalang , Malay , Malaysia
  • 大棘豹魴鮄 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大棘豹鲂鮄 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Alón buho , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Dactylopteriformes

    Family: Dactylopteridae

    Genus: Dactyloptena

    Species: Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855)

    Climate Zone

  • demersal

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: southern India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, south to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192).

    • Biology

    Found in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300, 75154). Rarely observed due to mud-preferred habitats (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 75154). Not fished commercially but taken incidentally throughout its range. Usually caught near shore. Marketed fresh occasionally (Ref. 3392).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless