''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'' Robert Rush Miller, R. R. Miller & John Carmon Briggs, Briggs, 1962 (Riverine stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus boehlkei'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1982 * ''Dactyloscopus byersi'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1969 (Notchtail stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus comptus'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1982 * ''Dactyloscopus crossotus'' Edwin Chapin Starks, Starks, 1913 (Bigeye stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus elongatus'' George S. Myers, G. S. Myers & Charles Barkley Wade, Wade, 1946 * ''Dactyloscopus fallax'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1975 * ''Dactyloscopus fimbriatus'' (Earl Desmond Reid, Reid, 1935) * ''Dactyloscopus foraminosus'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1982 (Reticulate stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus heraldi'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1975 * ''Dactyloscopus insulatus'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1975 * ''Dactyloscopus lacteus'' (George S. Myers, G. S. Myers & Charles Barkley Wade, Wade, 1946) (Milky sand stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus lunaticus'' Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Moonstruck stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus metoecus'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1975 (Mexican stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus minutus'' Charles Eric Dawson, C. E. Dawson, 1975 (Tiny stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus moorei'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1906) (Speckled stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus pectoralis'' Theodore Nicholas Gill, T. N. Gill, 1861 (Whitesaddle stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus poeyi'' Theodore Nicholas Gill, T. N. Gill, 1861 (Shortchin stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus tridigitatus'' Theodore Nicholas Gill, T. N. Gill, 1859 (Sand stargazer) * ''Dactyloscopus zelotes'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1896

References

Dactyloscopus, Dactyloscopidae Taxa named by Theodore Gill Marine fish genera {{Blenniiformes-stub