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Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Dactyloscopidae

Sand stargazers

WoRMS 151416ITIS 171036GBIF 8524key worms:151416
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2026-08-05: itis_id 171036 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Richard Harris · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Meiacanthus grammistes

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Dactyloscopidae
Photo · Unknown author, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Sand stargazers are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Dactyloscopidae. Found in temperate to tropical waters of North and South America; some may also inhabit brackish environments.W CalCOFI holds 7 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1965 and 1992, as larva, across 2 taxa under it.R

7
observations
7
records
4
sampling events
1965–1992
years
1
datasets
0
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4 obs · 4 events · 1965–1992 · larva
    name used: Dactyloscopidae Sand stargazers · code 817

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:151416%22