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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Dactyloscopus: Greek, daktylos = finger + Greek, skopein = to look (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Earl Stannard Herald (1914–1973) was an American ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; demersal. Tropical

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Eastern Pacific Ocean: southern Baja California (Punta Arena), Mexico, northward along the SW coast of Baja California to Bahia San Juanico.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

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Anal soft rays: 29 - 33. Dactyloscopus heraldi differs from Dactyloscopus byersi in a number of features: no scalation above the curved portion of the lateral line (vs. one row); A 29-33, modally 32 (vs. 31-35, modally 34); upper lip fimbriae 11-14, modally 12 (vs. 13-18, modally 15); preopercular sensory pores increases in number with size, but more present in D. byersi of comparable sizes; chevron markings weak or absent (vs. prominent on the side posteriad) and presence of dark bars on the dorsum (vs. absent) (Ref. 82814).

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Hastings, P.A. and V.G. Springer, 2009. Recognizing diversity in blennioid fish nomenclature (Teleostei: Blennioidei). Zootaxa 2120:3-14. (Ref. 82814)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 April 2012

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Dactyloscopus heraldi Dawson, 1975