Dactyloscopus

Dactyloscopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Blennioidei
Family:	Dactyloscopidae
Genus:	Dactyloscopus Gill, 1859

Dactyloscopus is a genus in the family Dactyloscopidae, sand stargazers. It was described by Theodore Gill in 1859.

Species

• Riverine stargazer, Dactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs, 1962
• Dactyloscopus boehlkei Dawson, 1982
• Notchtail stargazer, Dactyloscopus byersi Dawson, 1969
• Dactyloscopus comptus Dawson, 1982
• Bigeye stargazer, Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913
• Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 1935)
• Reticulate stargazer, Dactyloscopus foraminosus Dawson, 1982
• Milky sand stargazer, Dactyloscopus lacteus (Myers & Wade, 1946)
• Moonstruck stargazer, Dactyloscopus lunaticus Gilbert, 1890
• Mexican stargazer, Dactyloscopus metoecus Dawson, 1975
• Tiny stargazer, Dactyloscopus minutus Dawson, 1975
• Speckled stargazer, Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906)
• Whitesaddle stargazer, Dactyloscopus pectoralis Gill, 1861
• Shortchin stargazer, Dactyloscopus poeyi Gill, 1861
• Sand stargazer, Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859
• Dactyloscopus zelotes Jordan & Gilbert, 1896

References

• Doyle, K. D. "Osteology of Dactyloscopus tridigitatus (Dactyloscopidae: Blennioidei)"
• "Dactyloscopus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 April 2008. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). Species of Dactyloscopus in FishBase. January 2008 version.