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Astroscopus guttatus Abbott, 1860

Northern stargazer
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> 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 Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall ? - 36 m (Ref. 55313). Temperate; 42°N - 31°N, 80°W - 71°W (Ref. 55313)

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Western Atlantic: USA.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 59.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 40637); publicerad maxvikt: 9.1 kg (Ref. 7251)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

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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

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 57406)





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Sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.3 - 24.3, mean 16.9 °C (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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 30.2 [19.8, 62.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.355 [0.223, 0.600] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [18.1, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.569 [0.336, 0.976] g/100g; Selenium = 9.92 [5.24, 21.04] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.9 [6.9, 81.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.419 [0.300, 0.590] mg/100g (wet weight);