
European Argentine
Argentina sphyraena
Argentina sphyraena is a species of fish belonging to the family Argentinidae. Also known as the "stargazer", they inhabit the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Black Sea, and typically live between 10 and 100 meters in depth. The stargazers are sedentary fish that camouflage themselves in sand or mud in order to prey upon other animals. They are carnivorous, benthic predators, or "bottom dwelling", which means they eat small animals, and are very important to the...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51398.