Scientific Name	Dactyloptena peterseni   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Nyström, 1887)	Depth	50 - 210M
Chinese	皮氏飛角魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛角魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F303　Dactylopteridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	單棘豹魴鮄
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	皮氏豹魴鮄、飛角魚、紅飛魚、雞角、海胡蠅、番雞公、飛角(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan [Western North Pacific]
Synonyms	Dactyloptena petersoni, Dactylopterus peterseni, Daicocus peterseni, Diacocus peterseni
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0062258. ASIZP0063377. ASIZP0064683. ASIZP0066049. ASIZP0073494. ASIZP0079420. ASIZP0700207. ASIZP0800043. ASIZP0800641. ASIZP0806038. ASIZP0910043. ASIZP0910641. ASIZP0916038. FRIP00338. FRIP00339. FRIP22071. NMMBP02906. NMMBP06007. NMMSTP01585. NTMP0578. NTMP0582. NTUM00051Paratype. NTUM01573. NTUM05143. NTUM06534.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Starry flying gurnard; Starry helmet gurnard; Flying gurnard
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate. Head broad, blunt, depressed anteriorly, with a prominent keeled spine extending posteriorly from the nape to below second spine of continuous spinous part of dorsal fin. Angle of preopercle with a long, prominent spine. Spinous and soft dorsal fins separated by a deep notch. Eyes large; interorbit region weakly concave. Mouth small, subterminal, and protractile. Upper jaw largely obscured by bones surrounding eye. Nodular teeth present on jaws. Small teeth on vomer and palatines. A single elongate filamentous spine widely separated from remainder of spinous dorsal fin, continuous part of spinous dorsal fin with VII spines, soft dorsal fin with 8 rays; anal fin with 6 soft rays; caudal fin emarginate; bases of pectoral fins horizontal, the fins divided into 2 sections, a short anterior part with 5 rays and a long posterior part, with 25 or 26 rays that reach to caudal-fin base in adults. Lower side of posterior part of trunk with 3 enlarged keel-like scales, the first above middle of anal fin. Scales each with a strong median ridge. Lateral line absent or greatly obscured. Colour: dusky violet above, pinkish below; an oblong black blotch over middle of pectoral fins.
habitats	Found on the shelf and shelf edge, over sandy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on benthic crustaceans.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia, including the Arafura Sea. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	No commercial value.