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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 31
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Trophic Strategy

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Inhabits patches of sand around coral reefs, seagrass beds, boulders and pilings. Avoids open beaches.
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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Inhabits patches of sand around coral reefs, seagrass beds, boulders and pilings. Avoids open beaches.
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Rainer Froese
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Importance

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aquarium: commercial
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Gillellus greyae

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Gillellus greyae, the arrow stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Florida, United States to Brazil including the Bahamas and Cuba where it can be found in sandy patches on reefs. It can reach a maximum length of approximately 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Marion Griswold Grey (1911-1964) of the Division of Fishes at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

References

  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Gillellus greyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104170A48347826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104170A48347826.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Gillellus greyae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ^ 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.
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Gillellus greyae: Brief Summary

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Gillellus greyae, the arrow stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Florida, United States to Brazil including the Bahamas and Cuba where it can be found in sandy patches on reefs. It can reach a maximum length of approximately 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Marion Griswold Grey (1911-1964) of the Division of Fishes at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.

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