Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index flying gurnards (image here) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Dactylopteridae Genera 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. 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) Reference FishBase entry for Dactylopteridae This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.