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Dactyloscopus
Sign in to saveDactyloscopus is a genus of sand stargazers native to the coasts of the Americas.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyDactyloscopidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 49
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Dactyloscopidae
- Collections
- UWFC, CUMV, ECOSUR, SIO, USNM, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Ecuador, Curacao, Galapagos Islands, Bahamas, United States
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Dactyloscopus is a genus of sand stargazers native to the coasts of the Americas.
==Species== There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: Dactyloscopus amnis R. R. Miller & Briggs, 1962 (Riverine stargazer) Dactyloscopus boehlkei C. E. Dawson, 1982 Dactyloscopus byersi C. E. Dawson, 1969 (Notchtail stargazer) Dactyloscopus comptus C. E. Dawson, 1982 Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913 (Bigeye stargazer) Dactyloscopus elongatus G. S. Myers & Wade, 1946 Dactyloscopus fallax C. E. Dawson, 1975 Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 1935) Dactyloscopus foraminosus C. E. Dawson, 1982 (Reticulate stargazer) Dactyloscopus heraldi C. E. Dawson, 1975 Dactyloscopus insulatus C. E. Dawson, 1975 Dactyloscopus lacteus (G. S. Myers & Wade, 1946) (Milky sand stargazer) Dactyloscopus lunaticus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Moonstruck stargazer) Dactyloscopus metoecus C. E. Dawson, 1975 (Mexican stargazer) Dactyloscopus minutus C. E. Dawson, 1975 (Tiny stargazer) Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906) (Speckled stargazer) Dactyloscopus pectoralis T. N. Gill, 1861 (Whitesaddle stargazer) Dactyloscopus poeyi T. N. Gill, 1861 (Shortchin stargazer) Dactyloscopus tridigitatus T. N. Gill, 1859 (Sand stargazer) Dactyloscopus zelotes D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1896
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