title: Dactyloptena
text: # Dactyloptena
  
  Dactyloptena is a genus of flying gurnards native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
  
  ## Species
  
  Currently, six recognized species are in this genus:
  
  * Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909
  * Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1855) (spotwing flying gurnard)
  * Dactyloptena orientalis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Oriental flying gurnard)
  * Dactyloptena papilio J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (butterfly flying gurnard)
  * Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) (starry flying gurnard)
  * Dactyloptena tiltoni Eschmeyer, 1997 (plain helmet gurnard)
  