Dactyloscopus lunaticus

Dactyloscopus lunaticus
Dactyloscopus lunaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
Species: D. lunaticus
Binomial name
Dactyloscopus lunaticus
Gilbert, 1890

Dactyloscopus lunaticus, known commonly as the Moonstruck stargazer in Mexico,[1] is a species of sand stargazer in the genus Dactyloscopus.[2] It is a tropical blenny found around Mexico and the Gulf of Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[2] It was named by C.H. Gilbert in 1890.[3] Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 60 metres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Dactyloscopus lunaticus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Dactyloscopus lunaticus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Gilbert, C.H., 1890 (1 July) [ref. 1623] A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
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