The document discusses three species of flying gurnards from the family Dactylopteridae: - Dactyloptena orientalis, or oriental flying gurnard, which can grow to 40 cm and has heavily armored bodies and dark spotted, blue-edged pectoral fins. - Dactylopterus volitans, or helmet gurnard, found in tropical Atlantic waters up to Massachusetts, reaching 50 cm in length and varying in brown/green coloration. - Dactyloptena macracantha, or spotwing flying gurnard, which grows to 38 cm and feeds on crustaceans and small fish, found in the Ind