Dactylopteridae

Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829) —Common helmet gurnard

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens photographed by Tan H. H. at St. PR 54, and by A. Berberian.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. South and East Africa to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa. Benthic, on sandy substrates adjacent to coral reefs, 1– 100 m. Marine.