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Main identification features
- eyes stalked, 1 papilla;nostrils close
- dorsal fin has 31-33 rays
- c: short, rays simple,no notch under tail base
- mouth pigmented
- scales over lateral linearch
- ~10 saddles + 2 stripes
Head large, flattened above, rounded and narrow at front; both lips with flaps; eyes on short stalks, with 1 papilla; rear nostril at front of preorbital bone; top lip with 6-12 flaps; dorsal fin origin on nape, with 2-4 free spines at front, XII-XIV, 31-33; anal II, 31-35; pectoral usually 13 rays; lateral line scales 49-53, 33-35 on straight section; area above front section of lateral line completely scaled; no notch under end of tail base; tail fin short, rays simple.
Inside mouth unpigmented; head with dark saddles, pale below; nape with bars; 10-11 dark bars along upper back; side with 2 dark stripes; fins pale or mottled with brown.
Size: 10.5 cm.
Habitat: estuaries and coastal sandy areas.
Depth: 1-20 m.
El Salvador to Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms; bony fishes; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-89; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=6; Longitudinal range=10.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: 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: 10.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- 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.
- Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1896., A check-list of the fishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America., Rept. U.S. Fisheries Comm., 21:207-584.
- 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.
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