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Dactyloscopus
Dactyloscopus is a genus of sand stargazers native to the coasts of the Americas.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Sand Stargazer
speciesDactyloscopus tridigitatus
Dactyloscopus moorei
speciesDactyloscopus moorei
Riverine Stargazer
speciesDactyloscopus amnis
Dactyloscopus poeyi
speciesDactyloscopus poeyi
Whitesaddle stargazer
speciesDactyloscopus pectoralis
Dactyloscopus fimbriatus
speciesDactyloscopus fimbriatus
Milky sand stargazer
speciesDactyloscopus lacteus
Dactyloscopus lunaticus
speciesDactyloscopus lunaticus
Dactyloscopus metoecus
speciesDactyloscopus metoecus
Dactyloscopus minutus
speciesDactyloscopus minutus
Dactyloscopus elongatus
speciesDactyloscopus elongatus
Dactyloscopus heraldi
speciesDactyloscopus heraldi
Dactyloscopus byersorum
speciesDactyloscopus byersorum
Dactyloscopus boehlkei
speciesDactyloscopus boehlkei
Dactyloscopus comptus
speciesDactyloscopus comptus
Bigeye Stargazer
speciesDactyloscopus crossotus
Dactyloscopus foraminosus
speciesDactyloscopus foraminosus
Dactyloscopus insulatus
speciesDactyloscopus insulatus
Dactyloscopus zelotes
speciesDactyloscopus zelotes
False Whitesaddled Stargazer
speciesDactyloscopus fallax
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48570.