''Dactyloscopus'' is a genus of
sand stargazers 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
''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)
* '' Dactyloscop ...
''
G. S. Myers & Wade, 1946
* ''
Dactyloscopus fallax''
C. E. Dawson, 1975
* ''
Dactyloscopus fimbriatus''
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, 1935)
* ''
Dactyloscopus foraminosus''
C. E. Dawson, 1982 (Reticulate stargazer)
* ''
Dactyloscopus heraldi
''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)
* '' Dactyloscop ...
''
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
''Dactyloscopus tridigitatus'', the sand stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Atlantic coasts of the Americas from Florida, United States to Brazil as well as in the Caribbean Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It is found in sandy ...
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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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