Uranoscopus

Uranoscopus
Uranoscopus scaber - type species of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Uranoscopidae
Genus:	Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [1]
Nematagnus Gill, 1861 Zalescopus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925

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

1. 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.
2. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758". FishBase . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 June 2018.
3. "Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Uranoscopus". FishBase . February 2018 version.
5. Prokofiev, A. M. (2020). New Species of Stargazers (Uranoscopidae) From the Arafura Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 60(5), 673–680. doi:10.1134/s0032945220050082
6. 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.