Purple Flying Gurnard, colour. Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier)

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Known commonly as the Oriental flying gurnard or purple flying gurnard among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Dactylopteridae.[2] Their name is derived from the French word ‘gurnard’ meaning to grunt, for the grunting sound this fish makes.

H.F. [Frank] Olsen of Oxley, Brisbane, was commissioned between 1970-1983 as an illustrator by the Department of Harbours and Marine in order to provide a wide range of illustrations of Queensland fishes.

T C Marshall was the Government Ichthyologist at that time and had an active involvement in government publications regarding the identification of Queensland fishes.
Most of the iIlustrations for Grant’s (1965) “Guide to Fishes” were created by Frank Olsen

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6111

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