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Common names: Brazilian sand stargazer
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the shallow reefs off northeastern Brazil: its type locality, the Parracho de Maracajaú, Maxaranguape and Parracho de Rio do Fogo reefs, about 7 km off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte; fringing reefs of Salvador City, Bahia; and the Abrolhos reefs, between 25 km and 61 km off the Bahia south coast (Ref. 56973). Also reported from Manuel Luiz Reefs (Ref. 57756). MZUSP 53113 (Ref. 080860).
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Main Ref: Feitoza, B.M., 2002
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Dactyloscopidae (Sand stargazers)
Etymology: Platygillellus: Greek, platys = flat + Theodore Nicolas Gill (1837-1914) researcher of abyssal fishes and systematics (Ref. 45335); brasiliensis: Named for its distribution and probably endemic in Brazil..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 2 m (Ref. 56973). Tropical

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56973); 4.0 cm SL (female)

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Diagnosis: The dorsal finlet is fan-like and 3-spined, its height more than half of predorsal length, 58-84% (vs. 4-spined in P. smithi, low profile in P. rubrocinctus); first 2 spines of finlet more closely spaced than the 2nd and 3rd. Lateral line deflection is usually located below interspace between 14th and 15th dorsal fin elements. Upper lip fimbriae more numerous than those of lower lip. Base of pectoral fin usually naked or rarely with a single scale on its upper portion (Ref. 56973).

Known from shallow reefs; inhabits the margins of sand flats in small caves and below reef walls at depths of 1 to 6 meters; these areas are deposits of coarse gravel largely composed of f fragments of mollusc shells, crustaceans, corals, calcareous algae and sea urchin skeletons and spines. Found buried in the gravel, with just the eyes and the dorsal finlet exposed; it appears to 'swim' in the gravel; solitary or in groups. Associates with other sand-dwelling fishes such as Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, D. crossotus, Gillellus greyae, and toadfish Thallasophynne punctata; also an unidentified shrimp and juveniles of crabs (Callinectes sp.).

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Feitoza, B.M., 2002. Platygillellus brasiliensis n. sp. (Perciformes: Dactyloscopidae), the third species of the genus from the Atlantic. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 6(1):21-28. (Ref. 56973)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27 - 27.6, mean 27.5 (based on 44 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Platygillellus brasiliensis Feitoza, 2002