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Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) 
AphiaID: 218160

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Dactylopteridae (Family) > Dactyloptena (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dactyloptena Jordan & Richardson, 1908
Synonymised
taxa
  Dactyloptena petersoni (Nyström, 1887) (misspelling)
Dactylopterus peterseni Nyström, 1887
Daicocus peterseni (Nyström, 1887)
Diacocus peterseni (Nyström, 1887) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English starry flying gurnard  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Caligus dactylus Ho, Lin & Chang, 2007 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found over sandy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on benthic crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Rarely used as food. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218160
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218160 on 2013-06-20
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