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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Dactyloscopus amnis 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features eyes on stalks;no eye papillae body: 9-15 saddles, 2 stripes dorsal fin and a: join tail base mouth pigmented no scales over lateral linearch tail base: no ventral notch Head large, flattened above, rounded and narrow at front; both lips with flaps; eyes on short stalks, without papillae; rear nostril at front edge of preorbital bone; dorsal fin origin on nape, 1st 4 spines separate from fin and without membranes, XI-XIV, 23-27; anal II, 28-32; pectoral usually 13 rays; lateral line scales 42-45; no scales above front part of lateral line; no notch under tail base; dorsal and anal fins joined by membranes to tail base; tail fin short (<12% of standard length) with branched rays. Color variable: head lightly to heavily mottled with brown; inside mouth pigmented; 9-15 (usually 12) dark bars along upper body that are joined below to form a longitudinal stripe along flank; flank with 2-3 stripes; fins pale or streaked with brown. Size: 9.3 cm Habitat: sandy areas around estuaries. Depth: 1-5 m. Sinaloa, Mexico, to Panama. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 5 m. Depth Range Min: 1 m. Diet: mobile benthic worms; bony fishes; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=24; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-107; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=16; Longitudinal range=28. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Estuary; 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: 9.3 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; Marine. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Castri-Aguirre, J.L., Espinoza-Pérez, H. and Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2002., Lista sitemática, biogeográfica y ecológica de la ictiofauna estuarino lagunar y vicaria de México. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:117-142. Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp. Dawson, C.E., 1975., Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae). 2.Genus Dactyloscopus, with descriptions of new species and subspecies., Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. Sci. Bull., 22:1-61. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. 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. Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1928., The marine fishes of Panama. Part III., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:709-1045. Miller , and Briggs,., 1962., Dactyloscopus amnis, a new sand stargazer from rivers of the Pacific slope of southern Mexico., Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., (627):1-11. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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