Dactyloptena papilio Ogilby, 1910
Butterfly flying-gurnard
Largespot flying gurnard,  Butterfly engloute,  Red-spotted flying gurnard,  Rufous flying gurnard,  Sharpeared helmet gurnard
Dactyloptena papilio
photo by CSIRO

Family:  Dactylopteridae (Flying gurnards)
Max. size:  22 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 13 - 137 m
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific: Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819), northwestern Australia, elsewhere in the region (Ref. 7300) and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300, 75154). Benthic (Ref. 75154).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from off Bonaparte Archipelago, Western Australia to Moreton Bay, Qld. Museum: CSIRO CA1714 (conspecific material) (Ref. 7300). Northern Territory, Arafura Sea, AMS I.12842-022. Queensland, WAM P.14510; Gulf of Carpenteria, AMS I.15557-252; Great Barrier Reef, N of Palm I., ANSP 122441 (Ref. 27821). Also Ref. 5978.


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