Platygillellus altivelis

Platygillellus altivelis
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Blennioidei
Family:	Dactyloscopidae
Genus:	Platygillellus
Species:	P. altivelis
Binomial name
	Platygillellus altivelis; C. E. Dawson, 1974

Platygillellus altivelis, the Sailfin stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama where it can be found on sandy bottoms at depths of from 3 to 37 metres (9.8 to 121.4 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) TL.^[2]

References

^ Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Platygillellus altivelis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 29 June 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Platygillellus altivelis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Platygillellus altivelis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 29 June 2013.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Platygillellus altivelis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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