---
title: "Coió"
description: "Dactylopterus volitans — Peixes. The flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), also known as the helmet gurnard, is a species of Syngnathiformes fish belonging to the family Dactylopteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/flying-gurnard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coió

> Dactylopterus volitans — Peixes. The flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), also known as the helmet gurnard, is a species of Syngnathiformes fish belonging to the family Dactylopteridae.

- Scientific name: *Dactylopterus volitans*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1534
- Wikidata: [Q1433392](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433392)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55016](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55016)

## Names

- en: Flying Gurnard
- de: Flughahn
- es: Alón volador
- fr: Grondin volant
- nl: Vliegende poon
- pt: Coió
- pl: Strwolotka

## Countries with the most observations

ES (230), BR (148), IT (137), GR (132), FR (124), US (55), MX (49), AW (39), CW (34), CO (32), MQ (32), CA (28)

## Summary

The flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), also known as the helmet gurnard, is a species of Syngnathiformes fish belonging to the family Dactylopteridae. It is a bottom-dwelling fish that inhabits tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic.
It is the only species in the genus Dactylopterus making it monotypic. Similar and related species from the genus Dactyloptena are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_gurnard

## Photo

![Coió](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flying-gurnard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Terra Nova · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19345199

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flying-gurnard?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).