Mexican stargazer  (Dactyloscopus metoecus)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->

      • Blenniidae - Combtooth blennies->
      • Clinidae - Clinidae->
      • Labrisomidae - Labrisomidae->
      • Tripterygiidae - Triplefin blennies->
      • Chaenopsidae - Pike-, tube- and flagblennies->
      • Dactyloscopidae - Sand stargazers->

        • Dactylagnus - Dactylagnus->
        • Dactyloscopus - Dactyloscopus->

          • Riverine stargazer (Dactyloscopus amnis)
          • Dactyloscopus boehlkei (Dactyloscopus boehlkei)
          • Notchtail stargazer (Dactyloscopus byersorum)
          • Dactyloscopus comptus (Dactyloscopus comptus)
          • Bigeye stargazer (Dactyloscopus crossotus)
          • Dactyloscopus elongatus (Dactyloscopus elongatus)
          • Dactyloscopus fallax (Dactyloscopus fallax)
          • Dactyloscopus fimbriatus (Dactyloscopus fimbriatus)
          • Reticulate stargazer (Dactyloscopus foraminosus)
          • Dactyloscopus heraldi (Dactyloscopus heraldi)
          • Dactyloscopus insulatus (Dactyloscopus insulatus)
          • Milky sand stargazer (Dactyloscopus lacteus)
          • Moonstruck stargazer (Dactyloscopus lunaticus)
          • Mexican stargazer (Dactyloscopus metoecus)
          • Tiny stargazer (Dactyloscopus minutus)
          • Speckled stargazer (Dactyloscopus moorei)
          • Whitesaddle stargazer (Dactyloscopus pectoralis)
          • Shortchin stargazer (Dactyloscopus poeyi)
          • Sand stargazer (Dactyloscopus tridigitatus)
          • Dactyloscopus zelotes (Dactyloscopus zelotes)
        • Gillellus - Gillellus->
        • Heteristius - Heteristius->
        • Leurochilus - Leurochilus->
        • Myxodagnus - Myxodagnus->
        • Platygillellus - Platygillellus->
        • Sindoscopus - Sindoscopus->
        • Storrsia - Storrsia->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->