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 3 metres (0.0 to 9.8 ft), occasionally down to 8 metres (26 ft). 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 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Dactyloscopidae |
| Genus: | Dactyloscopus |
| Species: | D. crossotus
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| Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913
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References edit
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Dactyloscopus crossotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47143394A48366015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47143394A48366015.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Dactyloscopus crossotus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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