WoRMS taxon details
Dactylopterus Lacepède, 1801
Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Dactilopterus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gonocephalus Gronow in Gray, 1854 · unaccepted
- Species Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus blochii Swainson, 1839 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus cheirophthalmus Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Dactylopterus communis Gistel, 1848 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus fasciatus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus japonicus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Dactylopterus macracanthus Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855)
- Species Dactylopterus occidentalis Swainson, 1839 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus orientalis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Dactylopterus peterseni Nyström, 1887 accepted as Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887)
- Species Dactylopterus spinarella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus tentaculatus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Dactylopterus vulgaris Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dactylopterus Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126164 on 2025-05-01
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2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]




To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalacanthus) (from synonym Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dactylopterus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gonocephalus) (from synonym Gonocephalus Gronow in Gray, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalacanthus) (from synonym Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dactylopterus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gonocephalus) (from synonym Gonocephalus Gronow in Gray, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To Genbank
To ITIS