Flathead Helmet Gurnard

Dactyloptena gilberti

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–305 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 3 records
April: 4 records
May: 1 records
June: 3 records
July: 2 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 1 records
November: 7 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–305 m · Deepest record: 325 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 44 records

Names and classification

English: Flathead Helmet Gurnard, Flying Gurnard

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Okisemihobo, オキセミホウボウ
Simplified Chinese: 吉氏豹魴鮄, 吉氏飛角魚, 海胡蠅, 番雞公, 紅飛魚, 雞角, 飛角魚

Other scientific names: Dactyloptena jordani

Similar species

Oriental flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis
Dactyloptena macracantha
Butterfly Engloute
Dactyloptena papilio
Starry flying gurnard
Dactyloptena peterseni
Plain Helmet Gurnard
Dactyloptena tiltoni
Flying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
80 open-data records from 1958 to 2025.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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