Definition of Dactyloscopidae

1. Noun. Sand stargazers.

Exact synonyms: Family Dactyloscopidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Member holonyms: Sand Stargazer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dactyloscopidae

Dacrymyces
Dacrymycetaceae
Dactylaria
Dactylis
Dactylis glomerata
Dactyloctenium
Dactyloctenium aegypticum
Dactylopiidae
Dactylopius
Dactylopius coccus
Dactylopteridae
Dactylopterus
Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii
Dactyloscopidae (current term)
Dad's Day
Dada
Dadaist
Dadaists
Daddy
Dade
Dadibi
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daedal
Daedalian
Daedalus
Daegu
Daejeon
Daffey

Literary usage of Dactyloscopidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The Dactyloscopidae.—In this and the preceding families of jugular fishes the ventral rays remain i, 5, as in the typical thoracic forms. ..."

2. The Fishes of Panama Bay by Charles Henry Gilbert, Edwin Chapin Starks (1904)
"... and Dactyloscopidae are peculiar to the two tropical faunas now separated by the Isthmus of Panama. TABLE OF DISTRIBUTION. The following table indicates ..."

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