''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 & 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, Maine, a town
* Wade, Mississippi, a census-designated place
* Wade, North Carolina, a town
* Wade, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Wade Township, Clinton County, Ill ...
, 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 sand ...
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T. N. Gill, 1859 (Sand stargazer)
* ''
Dactyloscopus zelotes''
D. S. Jordan
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& C. H. Gilbert, 1896
References
Dactyloscopidae
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Marine fish genera
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