Dactyloscopidae

Shortfin sand stargazer

Platygillellus rubellulus

Dactyloscopid Fish Reaching Six Point Two Centimeters

• Tropical
• Island endemic
• Island endemic species
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Small
• Tropical fish

Platygillellus rubellulus, the Shortfin sand stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer endemic native to the waters around the Galapagos Islands where it prefers to live in areas of fine-grained sediments at depths of from 0 to 20 metres (0 to 66 ft).