WoRMS taxon details
Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906)
159677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159677)
accepted
Species
Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906) Fowler, H. W. (1906). Some cold-blooded vertebrates of the Florida Keys. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 58: 77-113, Pls. 3-4. [details]
Distribution Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida Keys and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida Keys and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dactyloscopus moorei (Fowler, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159677 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906) Fowler, H. W. (1906). Some cold-blooded vertebrates of the Florida Keys. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 58: 77-113, Pls. 3-4. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida Keys and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | speckled stargazer | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dactyloscopus moorei RAD107689-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dactyloscopus moorei RAD107689-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Congrammus moorei Fowler, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dactyloscopus moorei RAD107689-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dactyloscopus moorei RAD107689-001)
To ITIS
