Atlantic stargazer

Atlantic stargazer
	Atlantic stargazer from the Black Sea
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Uranoscopidae
Genus:	Uranoscopus
Species:	U. scaber
Binomial name
	Uranoscopus scaber; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Callionymus araneus Gronow, 1854; Cottus anostomus Pallas, 1814; Uranoscopus bufo Valenciennes, 1843; Uranoscopus mus Lacépède, 1800; Uranoscopus occidentalis Agassiz, 1831;

The Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) is a marine, subtropical fish of family Uranoscopidae. Its body is suited for living on the sea floor, and is one of few fish capable of bioelectrogenesis, or the ability to generate an electric charge.

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