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Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Dactyloscopus: Greek, daktylos = finger + Greek, skopein = to look (Ref. 45335); metoecus: metoecus means stranger or resident alien, in allusion to its infrequent occurrence in collection (Ref. 48586).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 0 - 18 m (Ref. 48586), usually 0 - 8 m (Ref. 48586). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?, range 2 - ? cm
Max length : 2.8 cm SL (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Dawson, C.E., 1975. Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae) 2. Genus Dactyloscopus), with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Ang. Cty. 22:1-61. (Ref. 48586)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.3 - 29.1, mean 28.2 °C (based on 56 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
