''Dactylagnus mundus'', the giant sand stargazer, is a species of
sand stargazer found in the
Gulf of California and along the
Pacific coast of
North America
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from
Baja California to
Panama as well as around the
Galapagos Islands. It prefers sandy beaches down to a depth of about and occasionally down to . It can reach a maximum length of
SL. This species is of minor importance to local
commercial fisheries.
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Photograph
mundus
Fish described in 1863
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