Platygillellus rubellulus

Platygillellus rubellulus
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Blennioidei
Family:	Dactyloscopidae
Genus:	Platygillellus
Species:	P. rubellulus
Binomial name
	Platygillellus rubellulus; (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
Synonyms
	Gillellus rubellulus Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912;

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.^[2]

References

^ Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Platygillellus rubellulus. 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.). "Platygillellus rubellulus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Platygillellus rubellulus. 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.). "Platygillellus rubellulus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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