Uranoscopus

Uranoscopus is a genus of stargazer fish from the family Uranoscopidae.[2] The name Uranoscopus is from the Greek, ouranos, "sky" and skopein, "to watch".[3]

Uranoscopus
Uranoscopus scaber - type species of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Uranoscopidae
Genus: Uranoscopus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Uranoscopus scaber
Synonyms[1]

Species

There are 25 species in the genus:[4]

  • Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier, 1829
  • Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915 - Longspine stargazer
  • Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921
  • Uranoscopus bauchotae Brüss, 1987
  • Uranoscopus brunneus Fricke, 2018
  • Uranoscopus bicinctus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - Marbled stargazer
  • Uranoscopus cadenati Poll, 1959 - West African stargazer
  • Uranoscopus chinensis Guichenot, 1882
  • Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849 - Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
  • Uranoscopus crassiceps Alcock, 1890
  • Uranoscopus dahlakensis Brüss, 1987
  • Uranoscopus dollfusi Brüss, 1987 - Dollfus' stargazer
  • Uranoscopus filibarbis Cuvier, 1829
  • Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus Kner, 1868
  • Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 - Dollfus' stargrazer
  • Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
  • Uranoscopus kaianus Günther, 1880 - Kai stargazer
  • Uranoscopus marisrubri Brüss, 1987
  • Uranoscopus marmoratus Cuvier, 1829
  • Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker, 1878
  • Uranoscopus polli Cadenat, 1951 - Whitespotted stargazer
  • Uranoscopus rosette Randall & Arnold, 2012[5]
  • Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic stargazer
  • Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 - Whitemargin stargazer
  • Uranoscopus tosae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Uranoscopidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. "Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Uranoscopus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Uranoscopus rosette synonyms". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


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