Species: Dactyloscopus boehlkei, Boehlke's sand-stargazer, Boehlke's stargazer

Dactyloscopus boehlkei Dawson, 1982

Boehlke's sand-stargazer

Body compressed, tapering to tail; head large, flattened above, rounded and narrow at front; mouth upturned, with a protruding lower jaw, top jaw reaching past eye; rear nostril a single pore next to base of tubular front nostril; eyes on top of head, distinctly stalked, but stalks short (<eye diameter), eye with a spot or skin protrusion at tip; both lips with skin flaps, top lip with 14-15 (13-16); upper part of operculum with a frill of skin flaps; 1st preopercular canal branched, with multiple pores on branches; canal pores on preoperculum 6-16; dorsal fin origin on nape, before level of upper corner of operculum, continuous (rarely 1 free spine at front), X (IX-XI) spines, 30 (28-31) rays; anal rays II, 32-33; pelvic fins inserted under throat, each with I, 3, rays thickened and free at the tips; a notch under lower edge of tail fin base; scales large, smooth; lateral line bends down under last dorsal spine, usually 16 pored scales on front part, total of 46 (44-47) scales; 2 rows of scales between lateral line and 1st two dorsal spines, 1 row under rest of spines.