Dactyloscopus heraldi Dawson, 1975

Family:  Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Max. size: 
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Eastern Pacific Ocean: southern Baja California (Punta Arena), Mexico, northward along the SW coast of Baja California to Bahia San Juanico.
Diagnosis:  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).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 10 April 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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