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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Uranoscopidae". 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. Prokofiev, A. M. (2020). New Species of Stargazers (Uranoscopidae) From the Arafura Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 60(5), 673–680. doi:10.1134/s0032945220050082
  6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Uranoscopus rosette". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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