Astroscopus guttatus Northern stargazer

Astroscopus guttatus is commonly referred to as Northern stargazer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

9770 

AphiaID:

159251 

Scientific:

Astroscopus guttatus 

German:

Nördlicher elektrischer Sterngucker 

English:

Northern Stargazer 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Uranoscopidae (Family) > Astroscopus (Genus) > guttatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Abbott, 1860 

Occurrence:

Florida, Gulf of Mexico, USA, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

6 - 36 Meter 

Size:

up to 23.23" (59 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Astroscopus guttatus
  Nördlicher elektrischer Sterngucker
• Astroscopus sexspinosus
• Astroscopus zephyreus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astroscopus ygraecum
  Südlicher elektrischer Himmelsgucker, Südlicher elektrischer Sterngucker

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-06-16 17:49:29 

Last edit:

2020-02-28 10:30:56 

Toxicity

Astroscopus guttatus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Astroscopus guttatus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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