Platygillellus rubellulus
Platygillellus rubellulus, the Shortfin sand stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer endemic native to the waters around the Galapagos Islands where it prefers to live in areas of fine-grained sediments at depths of from 0 to 20 metres (0 to 66 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[3]
| Platygillellus rubellulus | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Dactyloscopidae |
| Genus: | Platygillellus |
| Species: | P. rubellulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platygillellus rubellulus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
References
- Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A. (2010). "Platygillellus rubellulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183794A8178166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183794A8178166.en.
- Kendall, William C.; Radcliffe, Lewis (1912). "Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross," from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The shore fishes". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 35 (3): 148–149. Plate 6, fig. 3.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Platygillellus rubellulus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.