Astroscopus zephyreus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Uranoscopidae/Astroscopus

At a glance

Occurrence records126

Data sources6

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility83 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System43 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS126 records

01Narrative

Il pesce astronomo è un pesce osseo della famiglia Uranoscopidae che generalmente si mimetizza nella sabbia dei fondali lasciando apparire gli occhi e la bocca.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length37.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits1

Vulnerability27.5

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type126 records

Wild obs. + sensor22

Museum / vouchered101

Other3

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO296 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit6

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 15.3 m · max 21.9 m · 6 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 accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 3≤10 km 1>10 km 2

14 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor22

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 accuracy46% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤10 km 11>10 km 3

26 georeferenced · 75 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence101

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 institutions6 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	23
CASlocation not on record	7
FishBaselocation not on record	4
Los Angeles, US	4
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	3
Mexico City, MX	3
Vancouver, CA	2
Morelia, MX	2
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	1
University of California Los Angeleslocation not on record	1
Zacatecas, MX	1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
New Haven, US	1

14 institutions · 57 of 101 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code