Platygillellus rubellulus

Platygillellus rubellulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Platygillellus
Species: P. rubellulus
Binomial name
Platygillellus rubellulus
(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Gillellus rubellulus Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912

Platygillellus rubellulus, the Shortfin sand stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer endemic native to the waters around the Galapagos Islands where it prefers to live in areas of fine-grained sediments at depths of from 0 to 20 metres (0 to 66 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Platygillellus rubellulus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 June 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Platygillellus rubellulus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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