Species: Gillellus uranidea, Warteyed stargazer


Gillellus uranidea Böhlke, 1968
Warteyed stargazer
Body compressed, tapering to tail; head moderate sized; eyes on top of head, not on stalks, ringed with a circle of flaps on tip; tubular nostrils; mouth upturned, with a protruding lower jaw, 4 (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, XIII-XV spines, 14-17 soft rays; 21-24 soft anal rays; pelvic fins inserted under throat, each with I, 3, rays thickened and free at the tips; scales large, smooth; 22-27 scales on arched section of lateral line, 11-15 on straight part, total scales 36-41; underbelly behind pelvic fins scaleless; lateral line bends down just behind spiny section of dorsal fin.
Variably plain, with traces of brown on side and back; or with 4-5 broad dark saddles across back, from nape to tail fin base; front of head often with dark spots or blotches.
Reaches 4.5 cm.
Lives buried in sand around reefs.
Depth range: 1-12 m.
The Bahamas to the S Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 12