WoRMS taxon details
Dactyloscopus Gill, 1859
Cockeridia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cokeridia Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Congrammus Fowler, 1906 · unaccepted
Jopaica Pinto, 1970 · unaccepted
Paragillellus Carvalho & Pinto, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paragillelus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Paramyxodagnus Carvalho & Pinto, 1965 · unaccepted
Springeria Carvalho & Pinto, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tamandareia Carvalho & Pinto, 1965 · unaccepted
- Species Dactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs, 1962
- Species Dactyloscopus boehlkei Dawson, 1982
- Species Dactyloscopus byersorum Dawson, 1969
- Species Dactyloscopus comptus Dawson, 1982
- Species Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 1913
- Species Dactyloscopus elongatus Myers & Wade, 1946
- Species Dactyloscopus fallax Dawson, 1975
- Species Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 1935)
- Species Dactyloscopus foraminosus Dawson, 1982
- Species Dactyloscopus heraldi Dawson, 1975
- Species Dactyloscopus insulatus Dawson, 1975
- Species Dactyloscopus lacteus (Myers & Wade, 1946)
- Species Dactyloscopus lunaticus Gilbert, 1890
- Species Dactyloscopus metoecus Dawson, 1975
- Species Dactyloscopus minutus Dawson, 1975
- Species Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906)
- Species Dactyloscopus pectoralis Gill, 1861
- Species Dactyloscopus poeyi Gill, 1861
- Species Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859
- Species Dactyloscopus zelotes Jordan & Gilbert, 1896
- Species Dactyloscopus byersi Dawson, 1969 accepted as Dactyloscopus byersorum Dawson, 1969
- Species Dactyloscopus cinctus Osburn & Nichols, 1916 accepted as Heteristius cinctus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
- Species Dactyloscopus fimbriata (Reid, 1935) accepted as Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Reid, 1935) (misspelling)
- Species Dactyloscopus kathetostomus (Carvalho, 1957) accepted as Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859
- Species Dactyloscopus tridigittatus Gill, 1859 accepted as Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gill, T. N. (1859). On Dactyloscopus and Leptoscopus, two new genera of the family of Uranoscopidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 132-133. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dactyloscopus Gill, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159676 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Gill, T. N. (1859). On Dactyloscopus and Leptoscopus, two new genera of the family of Uranoscopidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 132-133. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
