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Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913

Bigeye stargazer
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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Ranges from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte south to Ubatuba, São Paulo (Ref. 27742). Absent from collections from mainland or insular localities along western shores north of Natal (Ref. 27742). Ref. 7251, 57756. Museum: CAS-SU 22227 (4.38 cm SL), holotype, Natal, Brazil, tidepool, 1911, E.C. Starks (Ref. 27742).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dawson, C.E., 1982
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Dactyloscopus: Greek, daktylos = finger + Greek, skopein = to look (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Starks.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 8 m (Ref. 27742), usually ? - 3 m.   Tropical; 30°N - 33°S

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