Dactyloptena

Dactyloptena
Oriental flying gurnard (D. orientalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Dactylopteridae
Genus:	D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908
Type species
Dactylopterus orientalis Cuvier, 1829

Dactyloptena is a genus of flying gurnards native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Currently, six recognized species are in this genus:^[1]

• Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909
• Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855) (spotwing flying gurnard)
• Dactyloptena orientalis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Oriental flying gurnard)
• Dactyloptena papilio J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (butterfly flying gurnard)
• Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) (starry flying gurnard)
• Dactyloptena tiltoni Eschmeyer, 1997 (plain helmet gurnard)