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 | |
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| Uranoscopus scaber - type species of the genus | |
Scientific 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]
- Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier, 1829
- Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915 - Longspine stargazer
- Uranoscopus arafurensis Prokofiev, 2020[5]
- Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921
- Uranoscopus bauchotae Brüss, 1987
- Uranoscopus brunneus R. 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[6]
- Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic stargazer
- Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 - Whitemargin stargazer
- Uranoscopus tosae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
References
- 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.
- Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- "Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Uranoscopus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- Prokofiev, A. M. (2020). New Species of Stargazers (Uranoscopidae) From the Arafura Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 60(5), 673–680. doi:10.1134/s0032945220050082
- 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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