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Astroscopus ygraecum (Cuvier, 1829)

To FishBase images (<i>Astroscopus y-graecum</i>, by Christie, B.L.)
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159252  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159252)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Perciformes (Order)
  11. Uranoscopoidei (Suborder)
  12. Uranoscopidae (Family)
  13. Astroscopus (Genus)
  14. Astroscopus ygraecum (Species)
accepted
Species
Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Uranoscopus y graecum Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Uranoscopus ygraecum Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Uranoscopus y-graecum Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan, Mexico; northern coast of South America   
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan, Mexico; northern coast of South America  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Astroscopus ygraecum (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159252 on 2025-04-18
Date
action
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2021-08-06 07:01:50Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Uranoscopus y-graecum Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 

original description (of Uranoscopus ygraecum Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 308 [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan, Mexico; northern coast of South America  [details]

Habitat benthic [details]
    Definitions

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English southern stargazer  [details]
Spanish miracielo del sureste  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Uranoscopus y-graecum Cuvier, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astroscopus y-graecum) (from synonym Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Uranoscopus y-graecum Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase images (Astroscopus y-graecum, by Christie, B.L.) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Uranoscopus y-graecum Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier, 1829))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier, 1829))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Astroscopus y-graecum</i>, by Christie, B.L.)
To FishBase images (Astroscopus y-graecum, by Christie, B.L.)
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