Sindoscopus

Sindoscopus australis is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of Chile where it can be found in shallow waters with a sandy substrate. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The generic name is a compound noun the first part of which honours Charles E. Dawson's companion in the field and collector of the type, the Chilean zoologist Gumersindo Revuelta and the second part is Latinised Greek skopos, "watcher".[3]

Sindoscopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Sindoscopus
C. E. Dawson, 1977
Species:
S. australis
Binomial name
Sindoscopus australis
(Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Gillellus australis Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923

References
  1. Williams, J.T. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Sindoscopus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185154A1773148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185154A1773148.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sindoscopus cinctus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 May 2019.


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