Global InformationGillellus searcheri information
| Gillellus searcheri | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Dactyloscopidae |
| Genus: | Gillellus |
| Species: | G. searcheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Gillellus searcheri C. E. Dawson, 1977
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Gillellus searcheri, the Searcher stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to Panama where they prefer areas with sandy substrates at depths of from 1 to 15 metres (3.3 to 49.2 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the research vessel Searcher, the type being collected aboard this vessel.[3]
- ^ Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A. (2010). "Gillellus searcheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183838A8185989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183838A8185989.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Gillellus searcheri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ 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 5 May 2019.