Platygillellus rubrocinctus

Platygillellus rubrocinctus
Platygillellus rubrocinctus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Platygillellus
Species: P. rubrocinctus
Binomial name
Platygillellus rubrocinctus
(Longley, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Gillellus rubrocinctus Longley, 1934
  • Heteristius rubrocinctus (Longely, 1934)
  • Gillellus quadricinctus Beebe & Hollister, 1935

Platygillellus rubrocinctus, the Saddle stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean waters from southern Florida, United States, and the Bahamas to Panama where it prefers rubble or sandy substrates around rocky areas and reefs at depths of from 0 to 30 metres (0 to 98 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Platygillellus rubrocinctus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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