Image Bank - Fishes
Purple Flying Gurnard
Reference |
IB1358 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Flying Gurnards - DACTYLOPTERIDAE |
Common Name |
Purple Flying Gurnard |
Scientific Name |
Dactyloptena orientalis |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
Notes |
The Purple Flying Gurnard is occasionally encountered by divers at night over sandy bottoms near reefs, gliding slowly with the large pectoral fins extended, or walking on the ventral fins. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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