Species: Gillellus jacksoni, Jackson's Stargazer

Gillellus jacksoni Dawson, 1982
Jackson's Stargazer
Body compressed, tapering to tail; head moderate size; tubular nostrils; eyes on top of head, not on stalks, with a ring of flaps at their tips; mouth upturned, with a protruding lower jaw, 2-4 skin flaps on lower lip, none on top lip; upper part of operculum with a frill of skin flaps; dorsal fin in 2 sections, 1st section a finlet of III spines with origin on nape, sometimes 1-2 free spines behind this, then main fin, XVII-XX spines, 18-20 soft rays; anal fin with 28-30 rays; pelvic fins inserted under throat, each with I, 3, rays thickened and free at the tips; scales large, smooth; lateral line bends down just behind spiny section of dorsal fin; 22-23 scales on arched section of lateral line, 18-19 on straight section, total scales 43-46; scales smooth, head and underbelly behind pelvic fins scaleless.
Pale, with 6-7 narrow dark bars between nape and tail fin base, those narrower than interspaces and of uniform thickness from top to bottom; incomplete secondary bars between those; top and upper sides of head mottled and blotched with brown.
Reaches 2.9 cm.
Lives in sand bottoms.
Depth range: 0-17 m.
The NW to SE Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Brooded
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Insular primarily
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 17