Dactyloscopus lacteus

Dactyloscopus lacteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Dactyloscopus
Species: D. lacteus
Binomial name
Dactyloscopus lacteus
(Myers & Wade, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Cockeridia lactea Myers & Wade, 1946[1]

Dactyloscopus lacteus, known commonly as the Milky sand stargazer in the Galapagos Islands,[2] is a species of sand stargazer in the genus Dactyloscopus.[3] It is a tropical blenny, and is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.[3] It is the only species of Dactyloscopus known from the Galapagos Islands, and is a common fish in its region.[4] It was named by G.S. Myers and C.B. Wade in 1946, originally under the name Cockeridia lactea,[5] and was subsequently renamed by J.S. Grove and R.J. Lavenberg in 1997.[4] Dactyloscopus lacteus measures between 3 and 3.6 centimetres at first maturity, and can grow to reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species swim at a depth range of 2-9 metres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Dactyloscopus lacteus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Dactyloscopus lacteus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c d Dactyloscopus lacteus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ a b Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997, The fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 863 p.
  5. ^ Myers, G.S. and C.B. Wade, 1946 (16 Dec.) [ref. 3135] New fishes of the families Dactyloscopidae, Microdesmidae, and Antennariidae from the west coast of Mexico and the Galapagos Islands, with a brief account of the use of rotenone fish poisons in ichthyological collecting. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 6): 151-179, Pls. 20-23.