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Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Scorpaeniformes
family
Dactylopteridae
genus
Dactylopterus
species
Dactylopterus volitans

Name

Synonyms
Callionymus pelagicus Rafinesque, 1818
Cephalacanthus spinarella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dactilopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dactylopterus blochii Swainson, 1839
Dactylopterus communis Gistel, 1848
Dactylopterus communis Owen, 1853
Dactylopterus fasciatus Swainson, 1839
Dactylopterus occidentalis Swainson, 1839
Dactylopterus spinarella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dactylopterus tentaculatus Swainson, 1839
Dactylopterus vulgaris Steindachner, 1867
Gasterosteus spinarella Linnaeus, 1758
Gonocephalus macrocephalus Gronow, 1854
Polynemus sexradiatus Mitchill, 1818
Polynemus tridigitatus Mitchill, 1814
Trigla fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Almindelig flyveknurhane in Danish
Alon in Spanish
Alón in Spanish
Alón in Spanish
Aralıq dənizi uzunüzgəci in Azerbaijani
Batfish in English
Batfish in English
Bies in Maltese
Bolado di Binnenwater in language.
Buladó di benewater in language.
Cabrinha-de-leque in Portuguese
Cajaleó in Portuguese
Chichara in Spanish
Chichara in Spanish
Coió in Portuguese
Dzodzodroe in Ewe
Exocet in French
Falkun in Maltese
Falso-voador-do-Atlântico in Portuguese
Faux Poisson Volant in French
Flughahn in German
Flying Gurdnard in English
Flying Gurdnard in English
Flying Gurnard in English
Flying Gurnard in English
Flying gurnard in English
Flying gurnard in English
Garnaw in Maltese
Gavilan in Spanish
Golondrina in Spanish
Golondrina in Spanish
Grondin volant in French
Grondin volant in French
Hamiema in Maltese
Helmet Gurnard in English
Helmet Gurnard in English
Hirondelle in French
Peixe-pássaro in Portuguese
Pesce civetta in Italian
Pesce civetta in Italian
Pesce rondine in Italian
Pez Volador in Spanish
Pirabebe in Portuguese
Pixxiseqer in Maltese
Poisson Volant in French
Poisson volant in French
Poule de Mer in French
Poule de mer in French
Rondinella in Maltese
Rundinella in Maltese

Bibliographic References

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  5. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Flying Gurnards: Family Dactylopteridae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 329-330.
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