Dactyloscopus byersi

Dactyloscopus byersi
Dactyloscopus byersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
Species: D. byersi
Binomial name
Dactyloscopus byersi
Dawson, 1969

Dactyloscopus byersi, known commonly as the Notchtail stargazer in Mexico,[1] is a species of sand stargazer in the genus Dactyloscopus.[2] It is a tropical blenny found from the Gulf of California to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[2] It was named by C.E. Dawson in 1969,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos and small bony fish,[4] and swim at a maximum depth of 2 metres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Dactyloscopus byersi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c d Dactyloscopus byersi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Dawson, C.E., 1969 (6 Mar.) [ref. 7808] A new eastern Pacific sand stargazer Dactyloscopus byersi (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae). Copeia 1969 (no. 1): 44-51.
  4. ^ Food items for Dactyloscopus byersi at www.fishbase.org.
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