Species: Dactylagnus parvus, Dwarf sand-stargazer, Panamic stargazer
D IX,26
A 31
Dactylagnus parvus Dawson, 1976
Panamic stargazer, Dwarf sand-stargazer
Body compressed, tapering to tail; head large, deep, bluntly rounded at front, lower jaw not pointed; both lips with skin flaps, 12-21 on top lip; eyes not stalked; tubular nostrils; top corner of operculum with fringe of 8-17 slender flaps; dorsal fin continuous, without a finlet or free spines at front, origin before anal origin, IX (VIII-XI), 26 (25-29); anal II, 29-34; pectoral broad-based, long, 12-14 (usually 13) rays; tail fin with 10 branched rays; tail base without notch underneath; lateral line continuous, bends down under 6th-8th dorsal spine; scales smooth, 2-3 rows between apex of lateral line arch and dorsal fin; head and belly scaleless; lateral line scales 46 (43-49), 28-33 on straight part.
Body light tan with brown markings; a large blotch between eyes and several smaller blotches behind; 8-9 bars across upper back; little or no pigment in mouth; dorsal fin irregularly streaked; tail fin with 2-3 faint bars; pectoral with 3 broken bars.
Size: 5.8 cm.
Habitat: estuaries and shallow sandy areas.
Depth: 0-6 m.
Southern Baja and the SE shore of the Gulf of California to Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- All species
- TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 6
