Northern Stargazer

Astroscopus guttatus or the northern stargazer is a species of fish belonging to the Uranoscopidae family and was first described by Charles Conrad Abbott in 1860. Members of the Uranoscopidae family are characterized by dorsally or dorsolaterally directed eyes placed on or near the top of a large, flattened cuboid head, an oblique to vertical mouth often lined with cutaneous cirri, and an elongated, sub-compressed body. Typically found on the Atlantic shores between the states of North Carolina and New York in the United States, the northern stargazer can sometimes be confused with its sister…

Astroscopus guttatus est une espèce de poissons marins de la famille des Uranoscopidae. Cette espèce est parfois nommée Uranoscope du Nord. Description Il possède un corps brun noirâtre parsemé de taches blanches dont la taille augmente progressivement vers l'arrière.

Rattus es un género de roedores miomorfos de la familia Muridae, conocidos comúnmente como ratas. Son roedores de mediano tamaño. Poseen patas anteriores cortas y con cuatro dedos (el pulgar rudimentario) y patas posteriores, más largas, con cinco dedos.