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sand stargazer

fish
Also known as: Dactyloscopidae

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  • In stargazer

    …(electric stargazers) and Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers), both of the order Perciformes. Stargazers habitually bury themselves in the bottom. They have tapered bodies and big, heavy, flat heads. Their mouths slant vertically, their lips are fringed, and their eyes are on top of the head (hence the common name).

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  • bluefin tuna
    In perciform: Annotated classification

    Family Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers) Body elongated. Shape of pelvic fins is characteristic: each has 3 thickened segmented rays whose tips are free from the fin membrane, divergent and somewhat curled. Small fishes, mostly marine, up to about 10 cm (4 inches); burrow in sand with eyes and…

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