Uranoscopus
| Uranoscopus | |
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| Uranoscopus scaber - type species of the genus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae |
| Genus: | Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Uranoscopus scaber | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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]
Species[]
There are 25 species in the genus:[4]
- Cuvier, 1829
- Regan, 1915 - Longspine stargazer
- Regan, 1921
- , 1987
- Uranoscopus brunneus Fricke, 2018
- Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - Marbled stargazer
- Poll, 1959 - West African stargazer
- Guichenot, 1882
- Cantor, 1849 - Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
- Alcock, 1890
- Brüss, 1987
- Uranoscopus dollfusi Brüss, 1987 - Dollfus' stargazer
- Cuvier, 1829
- Kner, 1868
- Cuvier, 1829 - Dollfus' stargrazer
- Houttuyn, 1782
- Günther, 1880 - Kai stargazer
- Brüss, 1987
- Cuvier, 1829
- Bleeker, 1878
- Cadenat, 1951 - Whitespotted stargazer
- Randall & Arnold, 2012[5]
- Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic stargazer
- Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 - Whitemargin stargazer
- (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.
- ^ 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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