A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Dactyloscopidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| giant stargazerDactylagnus mundus Gill, 1863 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panamic stargazerDactylagnus parvus Dawson, 1976 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylagnus peratikos Böhlke & Caldwell, 1961 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| riverine stargazerDactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs, 1962 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus boehlkei Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus byersorum Dawson, 1969 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus comptus Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye stargazerDactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus elongatus Myers & Wade, 1946 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus fallax Dawson, 1975 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fringed stargazerDactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 1935) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| reticulate stargazerDactyloscopus foraminosus Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus heraldi Dawson, 1975 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus insulatus Dawson, 1975 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus lacteus (Myers & Wade, 1946) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| moonstruck stargazerDactyloscopus lunaticus Gilbert, 1890 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican stargazerDactyloscopus metoecus Dawson, 1975 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| tiny stargazerDactyloscopus minutus Dawson, 1975 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| speckled stargazerDactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus pectoralis Gill, 1861 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus poeyi Gill, 1861 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sand stargazerDactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactyloscopus zelotes Jordan & Gilbert, 1896 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sandloving stargazerGillellus arenicola Gilbert, 1890 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gillellus chathamensis Dawson, 1977 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| masked stargazerGillellus healae Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gillellus inescatus Williams, 2002 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gillellus jacksoni Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ornate stargazerGillellus ornatus Gilbert, 1892 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Searcher stargazerGillellus searcheri Dawson, 1977 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| halfbanded stargazerGillellus semicinctus Gilbert, 1890 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded stargazerHeteristius cinctus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leurochilus acon Böhlke, 1968 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longjaw stargazerMyxodagnus macrognathus Hildebrand, 1946 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dart stargazerMyxodagnus opercularis Gill, 1861 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platygillellus altivelis Dawson, 1974 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platygillellus brasiliensis Feitoza, 2002 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platygillellus bussingi Dawson, 1974 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platygillellus rubellulus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| saddle stargazerPlatygillellus rubrocinctus (Longley, 1934) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platygillellus smithi Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sindoscopus australis (Fowler & Bean, 1923) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Storrsia olsoni Dawson, 1982 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.