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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Platygillellus: Greek, platys = flat + Theodore Nicolas Gill (1837-1914) researcher of abyssal fishes and systematics (Ref. 45335); smithi: Named after the collector of the holotype, C. Lavett Smith, Curator of Fishes (AMNH).
Eponymy: Clarence Lavett Smith, Jr. (1927–2015) was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career at the AMNH. Among his many publications was: Fish watching – an outdoor guide to freshwater fishes (1994). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 8 m (Ref. 27742). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27742)

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The dorsal finlet is 4-spined, its height about equal to predorsal length), distance between 3rd and 4th dorsal spines approximately equal to the distance between 1st and 3rd. Anal fin rays 22, segmented. Scales 11 - 12 in the straight portion of the lateral line (Ref. 56973).

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Dawson, C.E., 1982. Atlantic sand stargazers (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae), with description of one new genus and seven new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 32(1):14-85. (Ref. 27742)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 18 October 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Platygillellus smithi Dawson, 1982