Uranoscopus

Uranoscopus is a genus of stargazer fish from the family Uranoscopidae. The genus name Uranoscopus is from Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós), meaning "sky, heaven", and σκοπέω (skopéō), meaning "to look".

Species

There are 25 species in the genus:

• Uranoscopus affinis <small>Cuvier, 1829</small>
• Uranoscopus albesca <small>Regan, 1915</small> - Longspine stargazer
• Uranoscopus arafurensis <small>Prokofiev, 2020</small>
• Uranoscopus archionema <small>Regan, 1921</small>
• Uranoscopus bauchotae <small>Brüss, 1987</small>
• Uranoscopus brunneus <small>R. Fricke, 2018</small>
• Uranoscopus bicinctus <small>Temminck & Schlegel, 1843</small> - Marbled stargazer
• Uranoscopus cadenati <small>Poll, 1959</small> - West African stargazer
• Uranoscopus chinensis <small>Guichenot, 1882</small>
• Uranoscopus cognatus <small>Cantor, 1849</small> - Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
• Uranoscopus crassiceps <small>Alcock, 1890</small>
• Uranoscopus dahlakensis <small>Brüss, 1987</small>
• Uranoscopus dollfusi <small>Brüss, 1987</small> - Dollfus' stargazer
• Uranoscopus filibarbis <small>Cuvier, 1829</small>
• Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus <small>Kner, 1868</small>
• Uranoscopus guttatus <small>Cuvier, 1829</small> - Dollfus' stargrazer
• Uranoscopus japonicus <small>Houttuyn, 1782</small>
• Uranoscopus kaianus <small>Günther, 1880</small> - Kai stargazer
• Uranoscopus marisrubri <small>Brüss, 1987</small>
• Uranoscopus marmoratus <small>Cuvier, 1829</small>
• Uranoscopus oligolepis <small>Bleeker, 1878</small>
• Uranoscopus polli <small>Cadenat, 1951</small> - Whitespotted stargazer
• Uranoscopus rosette <small>Randall & Arnold, 2012</small>
• Uranoscopus scaber <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> - Atlantic stargazer
• Uranoscopus sulphureus <small>Valenciennes, 1832</small> - Whitemargin stargazer
• Uranoscopus tosae (<small>Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)</small>

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