''Dactyloscopus'' is a genus of
sand stargazers
Sand stargazers are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Dactyloscopidae. Found in temperate to tropical waters of North and South America; some may also inhabit brackish environments. The giant sand stargazer (''Dactylagnus mundus'' ...
native to the coasts of the
Americas
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Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Dactyloscopus amnis''
R. R. Miller
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& 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
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, 1946
* ''
Dactyloscopus fallax''
C. E. Dawson, 1975
* ''
Dactyloscopus fimbriatus''
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, 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
Wade, WADE, or Wades may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Wade, California, a former settlement
* Wade, Maine, a town
* Wade, Mississippi, a census-designated place
* Wade, North Carolina, a town
* Wade, Ohio, an unincorporated commun ...
, 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
References
Dactyloscopidae
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Marine fish genera
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