Xenocephalus

Xenocephalus
Xenocephalus egregius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Uranoscopidae
Genus:	Xenocephalus Kaup, 1858 [1]
Type species
Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858
Synonyms [2]
Ariscopus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 ExecestidesJordan & Thompson, 1905 Gnathagnus Gill, 1861 Gnathagnoides Whitley] & Phillipps, 1939 Benthoscopus Longley & Hildebrand, 1940

Xenocephalus is a genus of bony fish from the family Uranoscopidae, the stargazers. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and are benthic, ambush predators.

Species

The following species are classified within Xenocephalus: ^[3]

• Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858
• Xenocephalus australiensis (Kishimoto, 1989)
• Xenocephalus cribratus (Kishimoto, 1989)
• Xenocephalus egregious (Jordan & Thompson, 1905)
• Xenocephalus elongatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
• Xenocephalus innotabilis (Waite, 1904)

References

1. WoRMS (2014). Bailly N, ed. "Xenocephalus Kaup, 1858". FishBase . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 22 June 2018.
2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Uranoscopidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Xenocephalus in FishBase . February 2018 version.