Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus)

Scientific name: Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832

Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus)

The Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) is a marine fish of the family Uranoscopidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Indonesia, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Recently recorded from Reunion.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 13. Recognized by the black first dorsal fin. Body with distinctive black spots. Respiratory valve inside lower jaw with a thread-like brownish appendage and several long filaments around is base. Upper edge of opercle ascending backward. Posterior nostril a slit-like pore or with a very low tubular valve. First dorsal fin with V spines (last one rudimentary). Only 1 basipterygial process. No cirrus on eye (Ref 42788).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Uranoscopus sulphureus
Family
Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Indonesia, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Recently recorded from Reunion.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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