Light Stareater
Astronesthes illuminatus Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
Also calledsvítivec zářivý (ces)
First described in: Parin, N. V.; Borodulina, O. D.; Hulley, P. A. (1999). A review of the Astronestes boulengeri species group (Astronesthidae, Stomiiformes), with description of two new species. <em>Voprosy Ikhtiologii.</em> 39 (5): 581-594. [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology v. 39 (8):557-570.].
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Astronesthes illuminatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2347070.