Sindoscopus australis is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of Chile where it can be found in shallow waters with a sandy substrate. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Dactyloscopidae |
| Genus: | Sindoscopus C. E. Dawson, 1977 |
| Species: | S. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sindoscopus australis (Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923)
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Etymology
editThe generic name is a compound noun the first part of which honours Charles E. Dawson's companion in the field and collector of the type, the Chilean zoologist Gumersindo Revuelta and the second part is Latinised Greek skopos, "watcher".[3]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Sindoscopus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185154A1773148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185154A1773148.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sindoscopus cinctus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ 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 6 May 2019.
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