Dactylopterus volitans Flying gurnard

Dactylopterus volitans is commonly referred to as Flying gurnard. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1333 

AphiaID:

127232 

Scientific:

Dactylopterus volitans 

German:

Flughahn 

English:

Flying Gurnard 

Category:

Flying gurnards 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Dactylopteridae (Family) > Dactylopterus (Genus) > volitans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Suriname, Russland, the Black Sea, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Djibouti, Dominica, East-Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Jamaica, Madeira, Nicaragua, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, Spain, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water, Coral reefs, Muddy grounds, Reef-associated, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

7.48" - 19.69" (19,5cm - 50cm) 

Weight:

1.8 kg 

Temperature:

13,3 °F - 27,8 °F (13,3°C - 27,8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Nekton, Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Dactylopterus volitans
  Flughahn

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-03-13 18:41:44 

Last edit:

2026-06-21 13:33:49 

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