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Main identification features
- eye- no papillae
- 1st dorsal fin :iii, low
- 4 dark bars + row white spots
Dorsal rays III + XIV-XVI, 15-17 (total elements 33-34); segmented anal rays 26-28; pectoral rays 13-15 (usually 14); total lateral-line scales 45-48; scales in straight (posterior) part of lateral line 16-17; lateral line deflected ventrally below junction between last dorsal spine and first segmented dorsal ray; first 3 dorsal spines forming isolated or semi- isolated finlet; dorsal finlet low, its height about 40-63% of length in front of dorsal fin; lower lip with 21-33 skin flaps; no scales on preopercle; no papillae on eye.
White with pair of broad blackish bars on middle of side and smaller bars or saddles below dorsal finlet and across base of caudal fin; also about 5 white spots interrupting bars along lower side.
Size: to 5 cm.
Habitat: sandy bottoms.
Depth: 1-15 m.
Costa Rica and Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 15 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=3; Longitudinal range=7.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Dawson, C.E., 1974., Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae). 1. Platygillelus new genus with descriptions of new species., Copeia, 1974(1):39-55.
- Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
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