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Gurnard

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The sea robin, a fish.
The flying gurnard, a fish.
Gurnard, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight in England
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A Bighead Gurnard Perch at Noarlunga Tyre Reef
A Bigscale Bullseye at Jervis Bay
A Bigscale Bullseye at Jervis Bay, New South Wales
A Bigscale Soldierfish at Bougainville Reef
A Biocellate Wrasse at North Solitary Island ...

Dactyloptena orientalis, Purple Flying Gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans, Flying Gurnard
Dasyatis brevicaudata, Smooth Stingray
Dasyatis sabina, Atlantic Stingray
Dendrochirus biocellatus, Twospot Turkeyfish ...

SUBORDER DACTYLOPTEROIDEI
helmet gurnards
SUBORDER PLATYCEPHALOIDEI
Includes deepwater flatheads, searobins, armored gurnards, spiny flatheads, flatheads ...

The flying gurnard of the South Atlantic has enormous pectorals and makes short leaps clear of the water. A 3-in. (7.5 cm) characin of the Amazon basin actually flies short distances by buzzing its winglike fins.

See also: Genet, Parrot, Perch, Coral, Dinosaur