Family Dactyloscopidae - Sand stargazers
  Order
:
Dactyloscopidae Dactyloscopidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 9 | Species : 48 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: North and South America. Warm temperate to tropical (Ref. 7463); marine and estuarine, rarely freshwater (Ref. 94100). Mouth strongly oblique. Usually with fringes on lips. Upper margin of operculum with fingerlike subdivisions. Eyes dorsally placed and somewhat protrusible; with or without eye stalk. Pelvic fin jugular, with 1 spine and 3 soft rays. Dorsal fin long, continuous or divided; 7-23 spines, 12-36 soft rays. Anal fin 21-41 soft rays. Lateral line 33-73 scales. Body scales cycloid. Parasphenoid absent. Vertebrae 10-13 abdominal, 23-42 caudal. Maximum length about 15 cm. Frequently burrow in sand. Pumps water with a branchiostegal instead of an opercular pump (Ref. 7463). Ventral margins of the opercles overlapping below the isthmus, fimbriae on the ventral margins of the interopercles; presence of bony fimbriae extending from the ventral margin of the interopercle and posterodorsal margin of the opercle; lateral line strongly arched anteriad and approaching the dorsal midline (Ref. 94100). The insertion of the hyomandibula relatively far posterior, well separated from the posterior margin of the orbit. Some with the distal portion of the median-fin spines unossified (Ref. 94102).
  Etymology
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Greek, daktylos = finger + Greek, skopein = to watch ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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bearers
  Typical activity level
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ovalentaria | | Blenniimorphae | Blenniiformes | | | Dactyloscopidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Dactyloscopidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Cokeridia kathetostoma Carvalho, 1957
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Paragillellus macropoma Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
synonymjuniororiginal
Tamandareia oliveirai Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dactyloscopus zelotes Jordan & Gilbert, 1896
acceptedseniororiginal
Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Springeria santosi Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
synonymjuniororiginal
Jopaica santosi (Carvalho & Pinto, 1965)
synonymjuniornew
Paramyxodagnus moreirai Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
synonymjuniororiginal
Paramyxodagnus mangaratibensis Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Dactyloscopus elongatus Myers & Wade, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Dactyloscopus lacteus (Myers & Wade, 1946)
acceptedseniornew
Cokeridia lactea Myers & Wade, 1946
synonymseniororiginal
Dactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs, 1962
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Dactyloscopus byersi Dawson, 1969
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Dactyloscopus pectoralis (non Gill, 1861)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dactyloscopus poeyi (non Gill, 1861)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Myxodagnus macrognathus Hildebrand, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Myxodagnus sagitta Myers & Wade, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Myxodagnus belone Böhlke, 1968
acceptedseniororiginal
Myxodagnus walkeri Dawson, 1976
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dactylagnus peratikos Böhlke & Caldwell, 1961
acceptedseniororiginal
Dactylagnus sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Dactylagnus parvus Dawson, 1976
acceptedseniororiginal
! Dactylagnus porvus Dawson, 1976
synonymseniororiginal
Gillellus semicinctus Gilbert, 1890
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus arenicola Gilbert, 1890
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus ornatus Gilbert, 1892
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus greyae Kanazawa, 1952
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus uranidea Böhlke, 1968
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus searcheri Dawson, 1977
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus healae Dawson, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus semicinctus (non Gilbert, 1890)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Gillellus jacksoni Dawson, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Gillellus semicinctus (non Gilbert, 1890)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Gillellus inescatus Williams, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Heteristius cinctus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
acceptedseniornew
Dactyloscopus cinctus Osburn & Nichols, 1916
synonymseniororiginal
Leurochilus acon Böhlke, 1968
acceptedseniororiginal
Platygillellus rubellulus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
acceptedseniornew
! Gillelus rubellulus Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Gillellus rubellulus Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Heteristius rubrocinctus (Longley, 1934)
synonymseniornew
! Platigillellus rubrocinctus (Longley, 1934)
synonymseniornew
Gillellus quadrocinctus Beebe & Hollister, 1935
synonymjuniororiginal
! Gillellus quadricinctus Beebe & Hollister, 1935
synonymjuniororiginal
! Gillellus quadrocintus Beebe & Hollister, 1935
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Sindoscopus australis (Fowler & Bean, 1923)
acceptedseniornew
Gillellus australis Fowler & Bean, 1923
synonymseniororiginal
Storrsia olsoni Dawson, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
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