Dactyloscopus

Dactyloscopus is a genus of sand stargazers native to the coasts of the Americas.

Dactyloscopus
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Synonyms[1]
  • Cokeridia Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
  • Congrammus Fowler, 1906
  • Esloscopus D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1896
  • Jopaica Pinto, 1970
  • Paragillellus Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
  • Paramyxodagnus Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
  • Springeria Carvalho & Pinto, 1965
  • Tamandareia Carvalho & Pinto, 1965

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Dactyloscopidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dactyloscopus in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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