Dactyloscopus tridigitatus

Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
Species: D. tridigitatus
Binomial name
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Gill, 1859
Synonyms
  • Dactyloscopus kathetostomus (Carvalho, 1957)[1]
  • Cokeridia kathetostoma Carvalho, 1957[1]
  • Paragillelus macropoma Carvalho & Pinto, 1965[1]
  • Tamandareia oliveirai Carvalho & Pinto, 1965[1]

Dactyloscopus tridigitatus is a species of sand stargazer, and the type species of the genus Dactyloscopus,[2][3] commonly referred to as the Sand stargazer, itself, in the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, and the United States.[4] It is a tropical blenny known from reefs throughout the western Atlantic Ocean.[2] It was described by T.N. Gill in 1859,[5] and can reach a maximum length of 9 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 29 metres.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Synonyms of Dactyloscopus tridigitatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c d Dactyloscopus tridigitatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Page 753, Bulletin of the United States National Museum, Volume 16. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, United States National Museum. Published by G.P.O., 1882.
  4. ^ Common names for Dactyloscopus tridigitatus at www.fishbase.org.
  5. ^ Gill, T.N., 1859 (ca. 10 May) [ref. 1792] On Dactyloscopus and Leptoscopus, two new genera of the family of Uranoscopidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11: 132-133.
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