flying gurnard

Despite its common name, the Flying Gurnard does not fly.

The term is also applied to the flying gurnard.

The flying gurnard uses its pelvic fins to walk along the bottom of the ocean.

The oriental flying gurnard feeds on small bony fish, bivalves, and crustaceans.

One such animal is the flying gurnard (it does not actually fly, and should not be confused with flying fish).

The spotwing flying gurnard, Dactyloptena macracantha, is an unusual looking fish because of its huge pectoral fins.

The oriental flying gurnard has large pectoral fins which it normally holds against its body, and expands when threatened to scare predators.

Despite its name, the spotwing flying gurnard is not related to the true flyingfish; these are in the family Exocoetidae, order Beloniformes.

Dactyloptena orientalis (Oriental flying gurnard)

Yet more blennies, carpets of anemones, assorted wrasse and the unusual flying gurnard make their home on the slope and the wall.

Although the Flying Gurnard does not fly, it can "walk" on the bottom by alternatively moving its pelvic fins and short pectoral fin rays.

Dactyloptena macracantha (Spotwing flying gurnard)

Dactyloptena peterseni (Starry flying gurnard)

The Oriental flying gurnard is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region including the Red Sea.

In one case, they were observed following a flying gurnard, itself smaller than the jack, that disturbed the substrate, causing various organisms to be displaced and become available for predation.

The flying gurnard, or helmet gurnard, (Dactylopterus volitans) is a fish of tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Photos of the Oriental Flying Gurnard (Oriental Searobin, Helmet Gurnard)

Walking fish may swim freely or at other times "walk" along the ocean or river floor, but not on land (e.g., the flying gurnard -which does not actually fly-and batfishes of the Ogcocephalidae family).

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Batfish, named in honor of the batfish, any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray.

Some of the fish that can be seen in the waters around Crete include: scorpion fish, dusky grouper, east Atlantic peacock wrasse, five-spotted wrasse, weever fish, common stingray, brown ray, mediterranean black goby, pearly razorfish, star-gazer, painted comber, damselfish, and the flying gurnard.

Dactyloptena orientalis, known commonly as the Oriental flying gurnard or purple flying gurnard among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Dactylopteridae.Their name is derived from the French word 'gurnard' meaning to grunt, for the grunting sound this fish makes.