- Gillellus healae
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Gillellus healae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Dactyloscopidae Genus: Gillellus Species: G. healae Binomial name Gillellus healae
Dawson, 1982Gillellus healae, known commonly as the Masked stargazer in the United States,[1] is a species of sand stargazer in the genus Gillellus.[2] It is found from South Carolina, U.S.A., to Belize, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was described by C.E. Dawson in 1982.[4] Blennies in this species feed off of zoobenthos and finfish.[5]
References
- ^ Common names for Gillellus healae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gillellus healae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Page 583, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes Volume 2 of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, by John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm. Published by the University of Texas Press, 2006. ISBN 0292706340/ISBN 9780292706347
- ^ Dawson, C.E., 1982 [ref. 1072] Atlantic sand stargazers (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae), with description of one new genus and seven new species. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 32 (no. 1): 14-85.
- ^ Food items for Gillellus healae at www.fishbase.org.
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