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Stareater (fish)

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Eocene|present|?Late Eocene to present}}

| image = Antarctic Stareater.PNG

| image_caption = Astronesthes sp. (2008). The soft skin on this specimen was damaged by the net in which it was collected.

| taxon = Astronesthes

| authority = J. Richardson, 1845

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Snaggletooths or stareaters are any of a number of small, deep-sea stomiid fish in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent red chin barbel that the fish use as a lure to attract small prey into striking distance.

The fish have delicate skin, and mouths filled with sharp, needlelike, curved teeth.Stewart, Andrew. "Science report: Denizens of the deep: daggertooth and stareater." NZ IPY-CAML Voyage 2008. 2008. Ministry of Fisheries. Crown Copyright: 2008. http://www.fish.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7CF525AF-2985-4152-B225-28E52E389F3B/0/IPYdiary10.pdf

Species

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Astronesthes| month = February | year = 2012}}

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{{div col end}}The only potential fossil species of this genus is ?Astronesthes simus Arambourg, 1967 from the Late Eocene{{Cite journal |last1=Bannikov |first1=A. F. |last2=Erebakan |first2=I. G. |date=2023-10-01 |title=On the Evolution of Some Groups of Marine Bony Fishes in the Cenozoic of the Tethys and Paratethys |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030123050015 |journal=Paleontological Journal |language=en |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=475–490 |doi=10.1134/S0031030123050015 |issn=1555-6174|url-access=subscription }} or Early Oligocene-aged Pabdeh Formation of Iran. However, its taxonomic assignment to this genus is uncertain. Remains from the Middle Eocene of Georgia previously assigned to this genus are now placed in their own genus, Azemiolestes.{{Cite book |last1=Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281269 |title=Notes et mémoires sur le Moyen-Orient |last2=naturelle (France) |first2=Muséum national d'histoire |date=1966 |publisher=Muséum national d'histoire naturelle |volume=t.8 (1966) |location=Paris}}{{Cite journal |last=Carnevale |first=Giorgio |date=2007 |title=Fossil fishes from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Torricella Peligna, Italy |url=https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/79428 |journal=Palaeontographia Italica |issue=91 |pages=1-67}}

File:Astronesthes cyaneus.jpg|Astronesthes cyaneus

File:Astronesthes gemmifer.jpg|Astronesthes gemmifer

File:Astronesthes lucifer.jpg|Astronesthes lucifer

File:Asmar u3.jpg|Astronesthes martensii

File:Astronesthes niger.PNG|Astronesthes niger

File:Astronesthes richardsoni.jpg|Astronesthes richardsoni

File:Fish4104 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|Astronesthes similus

File:Astronesthes splendida.jpg|Astronesthes splendida

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Category:Stomiidae

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