Astroscopus sexspinosus

(Steindachner, 1876) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Uranoscopidae/Astroscopus

At a glance

Occurrence records72

Data sources9

Biological traits7

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Astroscopus sexspinosus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility54 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System18 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS72 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Astroscopus sexspinosus, the Brazilian stargazer, is a species of electric stargazer (Astroscopus) found off the coast of southern Brazil and northern Argentina. The Brazilian Stargazer can be found to depths of 49 feet (15m).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length31 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceminor commercial

Other traits3

Depth max15 m

Depth min5 m

Vulnerability27.82

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Astroscopus sexspinosus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type72 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered58

Other3

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO152 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit4

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 43 m · max 92 m · 4 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 4≤10 km 1

9 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 15>10 km 1

16 georeferenced · 42 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence58

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
PUC-RSlocation not on record	22
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record	8
CASlocation not on record	5
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record	2
Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museumlocation not on record	1
UFRRJlocation not on record	1
UNICAMPlocation not on record	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

8 institutions · 41 of 58 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Astroscopus sexspinosus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median21.4 °C 21.4–21.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.0 °C

Max temp (day)26.2 °C

Min temp (night)17.2 °C

Precipitation80.5 mm/mo

Air humidity56.2 %

Moisture balance-111 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,110 Pa

Wind speed4.50 m/s

Cloud cover25.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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