| Dactyloptena | |
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| Oriental flying gurnard (D. orientalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Dactylopteridae |
| Genus: | Dactyloptena D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Dactylopterus orientalis Cuvier, 1829
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Dactyloptena is a genus of flying gurnards native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.