Dactyloscopus moorei

Dactyloscopus moorei, the speckled stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States from North Carolina to Texas where it can be found on sandy bottoms at depths of from 3 to 35 metres (9.8 to 114.8 ft). This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the American archaeologist Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852-1936).[3]

Dactyloscopus moorei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
Species:
D. moorei
Binomial name
Dactyloscopus moorei
(Fowler, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Dactyloscopus moorei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104160A48354859. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104160A48354859.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dactyloscopus moorei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 May 2019.


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