Uranoscopus


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

Species

There are 25 species in the genus:Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier, 1829Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915 - Longspine stargazerUranoscopus arafurensis Prokofiev, 2020Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921Uranoscopus bauchotae Brüss, 1987Uranoscopus brunneus R. Fricke, 2018Uranoscopus bicinctus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - Marbled stargazerUranoscopus cadenati Poll, 1959 - West African stargazerUranoscopus chinensis Guichenot, 1882Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849 - Two-spined yellow-tail stargazerUranoscopus crassiceps Alcock, 1890Uranoscopus dahlakensis Brüss, 1987Uranoscopus dollfusi Brüss, 1987 - Dollfus' stargazerUranoscopus filibarbis Cuvier, 1829Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus Kner, 1868Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 - Dollfus' stargrazer Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782Uranoscopus kaianus Günther, 1880 - Kai stargazerUranoscopus marisrubri Brüss, 1987Uranoscopus marmoratus Cuvier, 1829Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker, 1878Uranoscopus polli Cadenat, 1951 - Whitespotted stargazerUranoscopus rosette Randall & Arnold, 2012Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic stargazerUranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 - Whitemargin stargazer