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Astroscopus guttatus Abbott, 1860

Northern stargazer
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Northern stargazer
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from New York to North Carolina (Ref. 7251). Also Ref. 9761.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Etymology: Astroscopus: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, skopeo = to look, to watch (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 36 m (Ref. 55313).   Temperate; 42°N - 31°N, 80°W - 71°W (Ref. 55313)

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Western Atlantic: USA.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 59.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); peso massimo pubblicato: 9.1 kg (Ref. 7251)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Cleithral spine with venom gland (Ref. 57406). Found inshore, at depths to 36 m (Ref. 55313).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 November 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 57406)




Human uses

Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.3 - 24.3, mean 16.9 (based on 92 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00590 - 0.02812), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).