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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Blenniimorphae
Ordo: Blenniiformes
Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Platygillellus
Species: P. altivelis – P. brasiliensis – P. bussingi – P. rubellulus – P. rubrocinctus – P. smithi
Name

Platygillellus Dawson, 1974: 40

Type species: Gillellus rubellulus Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912 (by original designation)
References
Primary references

Dawson, C.E. 1974. Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae) 1. Platygillellus new genus, with descriptions of new species. Copeia 1974(1): 39–55. DOI: 10.2307/1443005, JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Platygillellus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
ITIS

Platygillellus is a genus of sand stargazers native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

Platygillellus altivelis C. E. Dawson, 1974 (Sailfin stargazer)
Platygillellus brasiliensis Feitoza, 2002 (Brazilian sand stargazer)
Platygillellus bussingi C. E. Dawson, 1974 (Bussing's stargazer)
Platygillellus rubellulus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) (Shortfin sand stargazer)
Platygillellus rubrocinctus (Longley, 1934) (Saddle stargazer)
Platygillellus smithi C. E. Dawson, 1982

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Platygillellus in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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