Platygillellus rubellulus

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). It can reach a maximum length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[3]

Platygillellus rubellulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Dactyloscopidae
Genus: Platygillellus
Species:
P. rubellulus
Binomial name
Platygillellus rubellulus
(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Gillellus rubellulus Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912[2]

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