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Dactyloscopus lunaticus Gilbert, 1890

Moonstruck stargazer
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Panama country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Gulf of Panama.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Miraestrellas lunática, 新月指鰧, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 60 m (Ref. 58018).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California Sur, Mexico and Gulf of Panama.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaboratori

De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997. Catalogo de los peces marinos de Baja California Sur. IPN-CICIMAR, La Paz, Mexico. P. 346. (Ref. 37955)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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