The flying gurnards are a family, Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins. As they cannot literally fly, an alternative name preferred by some authors is helmet gurnards. They are the only family in the suborder Dactylopteroidei. They have been observed to `walk` along sandy sea floors while looking for c..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylopteridae