Genus of ray-finned fishes
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]
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 ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Uranoscopus " . 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 .