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Genus of fishes

Dactyloscopus

Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Scientific 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
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

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 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, 1946
Dactyloscopus fallax C. E. Dawson, 1975
Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 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, 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 T. N. Gill, 1859 (Sand stargazer)
Dactyloscopus zelotes D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1896

References

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.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dactyloscopus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

Taxon identifiers
Dactyloscopus	Wikidata: Q2452916 Wikispecies: Dactyloscopus BOLD: 100780 CoL: 3ZDR GBIF: 2390080 iNaturalist: 48570 IRMNG: 1200766 ITIS: 171041 NCBI: 879813 Open Tree of Life: 936876 WoRMS: 159676

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