Astroscopus y_graecum
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Astroscopus
Astroscopus y_graecum
Description
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Characters
Short spinous dorsal fin; long, slender folds (fimbriae) on upper and lower lips; anterior naris surrounded by fimbriae; posterior naris extended as a fringed groove curving behind eye; subtrapezoidal depressions lacking bone posterior to groove behind each eye; Y-shaped bony ridge separates depressions; preopercular margin membranous; gill slit extends from above pectoral fin base to isthmus; cleithral spine short, blunt, and covered with skin; measurements (% SL): head length 37%–40%, snout length 6%–7%, orbit diameter 2%–3%, interorbital distance 8%–9%, upper jaw length 15%–17%, pectoral fin length 27%–30%, body depth 23%–27%; pectoral fin rays 19-22; first dorsal fin spines 3-5, second dorsal fin rays 13-15; anal fin rays 12-14; body covered with small, embedded scales; lateral line runs along dorsal surface, curves ventrally at caudal peduncle, and bends anteroventrally to unite with antimere at caudal fin base
Dark dorsally and light ventrally; large, irregular, dark-margined white spots on tip of lower jaw, dorsal section of head, and body to insertion of dorsal fin; black blotch on side of chin; dark stripe along caudal peduncle; first dorsal fin black; second dorsal fin striped with one to three diagonal bars
Distribution
Western Atlantic from North Carolina to Santos, Brazil, including the entire Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Soft-bottom substrates; depth range: near shore to about 70 m
Soft-bottom substrates
Biology
Maximum known size is 440 mm TL
References
Berry and Anderson 1961
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Robins and Ray 1986
Boschung 1992
Schaldach et al. 1997
Smith 1997
Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999
Carpenter 2002d
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