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| subordo = [[Blennioidei]]
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| familia = [[Dactyloscopidae]]
| familia = [[Sand stargazer|Dactyloscopidae]]
| genus = ''[[Myxodagnus]]''
| genus = ''[[Myxodagnus]]''
| species = '''''M. walkeri'''''
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'''''Myxodagnus walkeri''''' is a species of [[sand stargazer]] in the genus ''[[Myxodagnus]]''.<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Myxodagnus&speciesname=walkeri ''Myxodagnus walkeri''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It is a [[tropical]] blenny known from around [[Nayarit]], [[Mexico]], and [[Costa Rica]], in the eastern central [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="Fishbase"/> It was described by C.E. Dawson in 1976, originally as a subspecies of ''[[Myxodagnus opercularis]]''.<ref name="Dawson, 1976">Dawson, C.E., 1976 (12 Mar.) [ref. 7376] ''Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers. 3. Dactylagnus and Myxodagnus, with description of a new species and subspecies.'' Copeia 1976 (no. 1): 13-43.</ref> Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 6 metres, and can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres.<ref name="Fishbase"/>
'''''Myxodagnus walkeri''''' is a species of [[sand stargazer]] in the genus ''[[Myxodagnus]]''.<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Myxodagnus&speciesname=walkeri ''Myxodagnus walkeri''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It is a [[tropics|tropical]] blenny known from around [[Nayarit]], [[Mexico]], and [[Costa Rica]], in the eastern central [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="Fishbase"/> It was described by C.E. Dawson in 1976, originally as a subspecies of ''[[Myxodagnus opercularis]]''.<ref name="Dawson, 1976">Dawson, C.E., 1976 (12 Mar.) [ref. 7376] ''Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers. 3. Dactylagnus and Myxodagnus, with description of a new species and subspecies.'' Copeia 1976 (no. 1): 13-43.</ref> Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 6 metres, and can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres.<ref name="Fishbase"/>


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Myxodagnus walkeri
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M. walkeri
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Myxodagnus walkeri
Dawson, 1976

Myxodagnus walkeri is a species of sand stargazer in the genus Myxodagnus.[1] It is a tropical blenny known from around Nayarit, Mexico, and Costa Rica, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[1] It was described by C.E. Dawson in 1976, originally as a subspecies of Myxodagnus opercularis.[2] Blennies in this species swim at a maximum depth of 6 metres, and can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Myxodagnus walkeri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Dawson, C.E., 1976 (12 Mar.) [ref. 7376] Studies on eastern Pacific sand stargazers. 3. Dactylagnus and Myxodagnus, with description of a new species and subspecies. Copeia 1976 (no. 1): 13-43.