Dactyloptena Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:665 Fem. Dactylopterus orientalis Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Dactyloptena Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (Washington et al. 1984:441 [ref. 13660], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:336 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:490 [ref. 5652], Paxton et al. 1989:480 [ref. 12442], Lindberg et al. 1997:15 [ref. 23547], Eschmeyer 1997:730 [ref. 22973], Imamura 2000:219 [ref. 24799], Poss & Eschmeyer 1999:2284 [ref. 24795], Parin et al. 2002:S64 [ref. 28300], Paxton et al. 2006:864 [ref. 28995], Parin et al. 2014:211 [ref. 33547], Struthers 2015:1077 [ref. 34261], Motomura et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:128 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Dactyloptena Jordan & Richardson 1908. Dactylopteridae.