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Dactyloscopus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Blennioidei
Familia: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus

Dactyloscopus is a genus in the family Dactyloscopidae, sand stargazers. It was described by Theodore Gill in 1859.

Species

* Riverine stargazer, Dactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs, 1962
* Dactyloscopus boehlkei Dawson, 1982
* Notchtail stargazer, Dactyloscopus byersi Dawson, 1969
* Dactyloscopus comptus Dawson, 1982
* Bigeye stargazer, Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913
* Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 1935)
* Reticulate stargazer, Dactyloscopus foraminosus Dawson, 1982
* Milky sand stargazer, Dactyloscopus lacteus (Myers & Wade, 1946)
* Moonstruck stargazer, Dactyloscopus lunaticus Gilbert, 1890
* Mexican stargazer, Dactyloscopus metoecus Dawson, 1975
* Tiny stargazer, Dactyloscopus minutus Dawson, 1975
* Speckled stargazer, Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906)
* Whitesaddle stargazer, Dactyloscopus pectoralis Gill, 1861
* Shortchin stargazer, Dactyloscopus poeyi Gill, 1861
* Sand stargazer, Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859
* Dactyloscopus zelotes Jordan & Gilbert, 1896

Notes

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References

* Doyle, K. D. "Osteology of Dactyloscopus tridigitatus (Dactyloscopidae: Blennioidei)"
* "Dactyloscopus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=171041. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
* Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). Species of Dactyloscopus in FishBase. January 2008 version.

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