''Gillellus chathamensis'', the Cocos stargazer, is a species of
sand stargazer endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Cocos Island
Cocos Island ( es, Isla del Coco) is an island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 13 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Province of Puntarenas ...
,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
where it can be found in areas with sandy bottoms at depths of from . It can reach a maximum length of
TL.
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chathamensis
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Fish of Costa Rica
Fish described in 1977
Taxa named by Charles Eric Dawson
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