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Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Dactyloscopus: Greek, daktylos = finger + Greek, skopein = to look (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 9 m (Ref. 28023). Tropical, preferred ?
Southeast Pacific: Endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - 3.6 cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28023)
Known from tide pools and shallow coastal regions. Inhabits black volcanic sand and coarse, white coral sand, where it often occurs together with (Ref. 28023). Platygillellus rubellulus (Ref. 28023).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997. The fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 863 p. (Ref. 28023)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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