Dactyloscopus fallax Dawson, 1975
Dactyloscopus fallax
photo by Robertson, R.

 Family:  Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
 Max. size: 
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  Eastern Pacific Ocean from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico southward to Punta Mandinga, Ecuador.
 Diagnosis:  Distinguished from D. insulatus and D. pectoralis by having the following characters: scales present above the lateral line; upper lip fimbriae, modally 11; preopercular canal pores, modally 6; branched labial fimbriae (Ref. 82814).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 19.05.11

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