Dactyloscopus tridigitatus

Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
Species: D. tridigitatus
Binomial name
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Synonyms
  • Cokeridia kathetostoma J. de P. Carvalho, 1957
  • Dactyloscopus kathetostomus (J. de P. Carvalho, 1957)
  • Paragillelus macropoma J. de P. Carvalho & S. Y. Pinto, 1965
  • Tamandareia oliveirai J. de P. Carvalho & S. Y. Pinto, 1965

Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, the Sand stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Atlantic coasts of the Americas from Florida, USA to Brazil as well as in the Caribbean Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It is found in sandy areas around reefs at depths of from 0 to 29 metres (0 to 95 ft). It is an ambush predator, burying itself nearly completely in the sand and attacking prey animals that happen by. It can reach a maximum length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dactyloscopus tridigitatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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