{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Bleeker, 1854)","RecordModifiedOn":"2015-05-20","CAAB_code":"37308003","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"According to Australian Faunal Directory (accessed 20 May 2015): [derivation is apparently from the Greek <i>makros</i> = large and <i>acantha</i> = thorn or spine; Bleeker consistently Latinized as <i>macracanthus</i> for masculine and feminine genera and is treated here as a noun in apposition].","habitat":"Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37308902,"scientificName":"Dactyloptena macracanthus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Scorpaeniformes","otherVernacularNames":"mottled flying gurnard","Reference":"","vernacularName":"Mottled Flying Gurnard","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:401087","family":"Dactylopteridae","standardName":"Mottled Flying Gurnard (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f33f9729-cbd4-428d-bd36-54d8b5f7db60","CAAB_status":"Valid"}