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Dactylopteridae (Flying gurnards)
Etymology: Dactyloptena: Greek, daktylos = fingers + Greek, pten, -enos = wing, fin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 400 m (Ref. 100719). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia, including the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). Russia in Peter the Great Bay, northward to Olga Bay (Ref. 56557).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557)
Found on the shelf and shelf edge (Ref. 11230), over sandy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on benthic crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Rarely used as food.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5234 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 218 [104, 498] mg/100g; Iron = 1.46 [0.71, 2.82] mg/100g; Protein = 17 [16, 18] %; Omega3 = 0.267 [0.112, 0.827] g/100g; Selenium = 115 [52, 288] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.4 [3.9, 32.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.16 [0.80, 1.75] mg/100g (wet weight);