Astroscopus ygraecum Southern Stargazer

Astroscopus ygraecum is commonly referred to as Southern Stargazer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

12822 

AphiaID:

159252 

Scientific:

Astroscopus ygraecum 

German:

Südlicher elektrischer Himmelsgucker, Südlicher elektrischer Sterngucker 

English:

Southern Stargazer 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Uranoscopidae (Family) > Astroscopus (Genus) > ygraecum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Aruba, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Curacao, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 100 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 17.32" (35cm - 44cm) 

Temperature:

16,5 °F - 26,6 °F (16,5°C - 26,6°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Astroscopus guttatus
  Nördlicher elektrischer Sterngucker
• Astroscopus sexspinosus
• Astroscopus zephyreus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astroscopus ygraecum
  Südlicher elektrischer Himmelsgucker, Südlicher elektrischer Sterngucker

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-02-27 21:19:38 

Last edit:

2024-05-02 16:36:28 

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