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Dactyloscopidae
25 species in this family
The Dactyloscopidae family belongs to the gobies & blennies and includes 25 species in the guide. You find them all below, with photos, identification details and distribution. Identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
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Best-known species
Saddle stargazer
Platygillellus rubrocinctus
Dactyloscopidae
Sand stargazer (Dactyloscopus tridigitatus)
Dactyloscopidae
Warteye stargazer
Gillellus uranidea
Dactyloscopidae
Arrow stargazer
Gillellus greyae
Dactyloscopidae
Sindoscopus australis
Sindoscopus australis
Dactyloscopidae
Halfbanded stargazer
Gillellus semicinctus
Dactyloscopidae
Riverine stargazer
Dactyloscopus amnis
Dactyloscopidae
Bigeye stargazer
Dactyloscopus crossotus
Dactyloscopidae
Sand stargazer (Gillellus arenicola)
Dactyloscopidae
Bussing's sand stargazer
Platygillellus bussingi
Dactyloscopidae
All species from A to Z
Arrow stargazer
Gillellus greyae
Dactyloscopidae
Bigeye stargazer
Dactyloscopus crossotus
Dactyloscopidae
Bigjaw sand stargazer
Myxodagnus macrognathus
Dactyloscopidae
Brazilian sand stargazer
Platygillellus brasiliensis
Dactyloscopidae
Bussing's sand stargazer
Platygillellus bussingi
Dactyloscopidae
Chatham stargazer
Gillellus chathamensis
Dactyloscopidae
Fringed sand stargazer
Dactyloscopus fimbriatus
Dactyloscopidae
Giant sand stargazer
Dactylagnus mundus
Dactyloscopidae
Halfbanded stargazer
Gillellus semicinctus
Dactyloscopidae
Highfin sand stargazer
Platygillellus altivelis
Dactyloscopidae
Jackson's stargazer
Gillellus jacksoni
Dactyloscopidae
Masked stargazer
Gillellus healae
Dactyloscopidae
Milky sand stargazer
Dactyloscopus lacteus
Dactyloscopidae
Moonstruck stargazer
Dactyloscopus lunaticus
Dactyloscopidae
Notchtail stargazer
Dactyloscopus byersi
Dactyloscopidae
Panamic stargazer
Dactylagnus parvus
Dactyloscopidae
Riverine stargazer
Dactyloscopus amnis
Dactyloscopidae
Saddle stargazer
Platygillellus rubrocinctus
Dactyloscopidae
Sand stargazer (Gillellus arenicola)
Dactyloscopidae
Sand stargazer (Dactyloscopus tridigitatus)
Dactyloscopidae
Searcher stargazer
Gillellus searcheri
Dactyloscopidae
Sindoscopus australis
Sindoscopus australis
Dactyloscopidae
Speckled stargazer (Dactyloscopus moorei)
Dactyloscopidae
Warteye stargazer
Gillellus uranidea
Dactyloscopidae
Whitesaddle stargazer
Dactyloscopus pectoralis
Dactyloscopidae