Scientific Name	Dactyloptena orientalis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1829)	Depth	10 - 100M
Chinese	東方飛角魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	飛角魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F303　Dactylopteridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	東方豹魴鮄
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	東方豹魴鮄、飛角魚、紅飛魚、雞角、海胡蠅、番雞公、飛角(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	[Mer des Indes] Coromandel coast, India, eastern Indian Ocean
Synonyms	Cephalacanthus spinarella, Corystion orientale, Corystion orientalis, Corystion volitans, Dactylopterus cheirophthalmus, Dactylopterus japonicus, Dactylopterus orientalis, Ebisinus procne
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055475. ASIZP0057465. ASIZP0058563. ASIZP0059457. ASIZP0059458. ASIZP0059822. ASIZP0060622. ASIZP0064874. ASIZP0064962. ASIZP0069771. ASIZP0800044. ASIZP0800045. ASIZP0803244. ASIZP0910044. ASIZP0910045. ASIZP0913244. FRIP00335. FRIP00336. FRIP00337. FRIP03143. FRIP21265. FRIP21483. NMMBP00652. NMMBP00966. NMMBP01874. NMMBP02806. NMMBP03039. NMMBP04327. NMMBP04331. NMMBP04332. NMMBP08729. NMMBP08868. NMMSTP00996. NMNSF01616. NTMP0165. NTMP0336. NTMP0726. ...List all 46 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2011-05-31,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Oriental flying gurnard; Purple flying-gurnard; Sea robin; Brown flying gurnard; Common helmet gurnard; 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. Eyes large; interorbit moderately 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 in adults; base of pectoral fins horizontal, the fins divided into 2 sections, a short anterior part with 5 rays, and a long posterior section with 27 to 30 rays. Scales strong, each with a distinct ridge. Large scute-like scales posteriorly on caudal peduncle. Scales in about 45 to 47 rows. Lateral line absent or greatly obscured. Colour: variable, usually yellowish brown above, lighter brown below; small orange spots over top of head and back; dusky, golden spots on pectoral fins; 4 golden bands on caudal fin; a yellow band along upper part of spinous dorsal fin.
habitats	Inhabits coastal waters with sandy substrates; a shallow-living species, benthic in adults. Solitary, well-camouflaged and slow-moving. Feeds on crustaceans, clams, and small fish.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and New Zealand. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	No commercial value.