Dactyloscopidae

moonstruck stargazer

Dactyloscopus lunaticus

Dactyloscopid Fish from Sixty Meters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Dactyloscopus lunaticus, the moonstruck stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of Central America from southern Baja California to the Gulf of Panama where it can be found at depths down to 60 metres (200 ft).