Platygillellus altivelis

Platygillellus altivelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Platygillellus
Species: P. altivelis
Binomial name
Platygillellus altivelis
C. E. Dawson, 1974

Platygillellus altivelis, the Sailfin stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama where it can be found on sandy bottoms at depths of from 3 to 37 metres (9.8 to 121.4 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Platygillellus altivelis. 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 altivelis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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