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Atlantic Stargazer

Uranoscopus scaber

Classification

The Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) is a marine ray-finned fish in the stargazer family Uranoscopidae. It is one of few fish capable of bioelectrogenesis. Distribution and habitat The Atlantic stargazer is widespread along the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa (however, it is somewhat rare in the Bay of Biscay), and is also common in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

Distribution

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Spain · 725France · 86Italy · 15