Dactyloscopus crossotus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Dactyloscopidae/Dactyloscopus

At a glance

Occurrence records145

Data sources8

Biological traits6

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Dactyloscopus crossotus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility65 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System80 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS145 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Dactyloscopus crossotus, the bigeye stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the coastal Atlantic waters of Florida, United States and from the Bahamas to Brazil where it prefers sandy beaches at depths of from 0 to, occasionally down to 8 m. It buries itself in the sand to ambush prey, leaving only its eyes, mouth and nose exposed. It can reach a maximum length of 7.5 cm TL.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length7.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits3

Depth max8 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Dactyloscopus crossotus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type145 records

Wild obs. + sensor17

Museum / vouchered128

Origin

Native9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO336 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit10

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 3.7 m · max 26 m · 10 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 4>10 km 3

7 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy39% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 11≤10 km 18>10 km 1

31 georeferenced · 97 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence128

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 18 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	16
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record	6
UFRRJlocation not on record	5
Washington, US	4
Chicago, US	4
Toronto, CA	3
PUC-RSlocation not on record	3
Los Angeles, US	3
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	3
Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record	2
UFESlocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	2
UNICAMPlocation not on record	2
Paris, FR	1
FishBaselocation not on record	1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	1
Ann Arbor, US	1
University of Alabamalocation not on record	1

18 institutions · 60 of 128 vouchered records shown