| Family: | Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers) |
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| Order: | Perciformes (perch-likes) | |||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||
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| Max. size: | 5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 39697) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 0 – 6 m | |||
| Climate: | tropical | |||
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Eastern Central Pacific: Nayarit, Mexico and Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. | |||
| Morphology: | Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 31; Anal soft rays: 33 – 38. Preorbital length longer than diameter of pigmented eye; upper lip fimbriae usually 10-11; modally 2 pores in 1st preopercular canal; dorsum of head mainly speckled with small brown spots, without large blotches or spots; without a distinct suborbital bar or prominent blotches on lower jaw (Ref. 39697). | |||
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| Red List Status: | Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073) | |||
| Dangerous: | harmless | |||
| Coordinator: | Williams, Jeffrey T. | |||
