Astroscopus
| Astroscopus | |
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| Northern stargazer (A. guttatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae |
| Genus: | Astroscopus Brevoort, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Uranoscopus anoplos[2] Valenciennes, 1832
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| Synonyms | |
Astroscopus, the electric stargazers, is a genus of stargazers, a type of percomorph fish from the family Uranoscopidae, part of the order Labriformes.[3] The species in this genus are anatomically distinct uranoscopids, being characterized by internal nares and being the only group of marine bony fish having organs which produce electricity which are derived from the extraocular muscles. They are found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.[4]
Species
[edit]There are four extant and one extinct species included in Astroscopus:[5]
- Astroscopus guttatus Abbott, 1860 - Northern stargazer
- Astroscopus sexspinosus (Steindachner, 1876) - Brazillian Stargazer
- Astroscopus y-graecum, (Cuvier, 1829) - Southern stargazer
- Astroscopus zephyreus Gilbert & Starks in Gilbert, 1897
- †Astroscopus countermani Carnevale, Godfrey & Pietsch, 2011 Extinct species described from the Tortonian deposits of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Astroscopus Brevoort, 1860". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Astroscopus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification - California Academy of Sciences". www.calacademy.org. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ a b Carnevale, Godfrey; Pietsch (2011). "Stargazer (Teleostei, Uranoscopidae) Cranial Remains from the Miocene Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A. (St. Marys Formation, Chesapeake Group)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1200–1209. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.606856.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Astroscopus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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