Oriental flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Dactylopteriformes
- Family
- Dactylopteridae
- Genus
- Dactyloptena
Where to Find
Found in 25 diving areas across 19 countries and 5 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 49 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 6 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 41 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 24 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 7 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records