Scientific Name	Dactyloptena gilberti   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Snyder, 1909	Depth	20 - 71M
Chinese	吉氏飛角魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛角魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F303　Dactylopteridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	吉氏豹魴鮄
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	吉氏豹魴鮄、飛角魚、紅飛魚、雞角、海胡蠅、番雞公
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kagoshima, southern Japan
Synonyms	Dactyloptena jordani
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Snyder, J. O. 1909 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0062034. ASIZP0067742. ASIZP0803503. ASIZP0913503. NMMBP00809. NMMBP01226. NMMBP01875. NMMBP04936. NMMBP04937. NTUM05138. NTUM06533.
Common Name	Flying gurnard
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate. Head very broad, blunt, depressed anteriorly, with a prominent keeled spine extending posteriorly from nape to below second spine of continuous spinous part of dorsal fin. Granular projections on snout arranged in rows. Angle of preopercle with a long, prominent spine. Eyes large. Interorbit extremely wide and strongly concave. Mouth small, subterminal, and protractile. Upper jaw largely obscured by bones surrounding eye. Minute teeth present on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Anterior 2 dorsal-fin spines separated from remainder of spinous dorsal fin, the first spine elongate, the second short; continuous part of spinous dorsal fin with V spines, followed by I short spinous point and the soft dorsal fin with 8 rays; anal fin with 6 or 7 soft rays; caudal fin elongate; pectoral fins with 28 to 32 rays. Scales strong, each with a distinct ridge and no secondary ridges. Large scute-like scales posteriorly on caudal peduncle. Lateral line present, extending to caudal fin. Colour: pectoral fins dusky, with large dark spots arranged in row and especially dark over middle fin rays; separated anterior portion of pectoral fins paler, with no large ocellus or spot.
habitats	Little is known of the biology of this species. Captured over sand or mud-sand bottoms at depths of 20 to 71 m.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from southern Japan and the Gulf of Thailand to India and Africa. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters and Penghu Is., western Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.