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Uranoscopus scaber (Stargazer)

Synonyms: Callionymus araneus; Cottus anostomus; Uranoscopus bufo; Uranoscopus mus; Uranoscopus occidentalis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) is a marine, subtropical fish of family Uranoscopidae. Its body is suited for living on the sea floor, and is one of few fish capable of bioelectrogenesis, or the ability to generate an electric charge.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Karadagskiy Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik 13876 Ukraine  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Squalus acanthias (Common spiny)[1]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish, Konstantinos I. Stergiou & Vasiliki S. Karpouzi, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 11: 217–254, 2002
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0