Uranoscopus
| Uranoscopus | |
|---|---|
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| Uranoscopus scaber - type species of the genus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Trachinoidei |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae |
| Genus: | Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Uranoscopus is a genus of stargazer fish. The name Uranoscopus is from the Greek, ouranos, sky and skopein, to watch.[1]
There are 23 species in the genus:
- Uranoscopus affinis
- Uranoscopus albesca
- Uranoscopus archionema
- Uranoscopus bauchotae
- Uranoscopus bicinctus
- Uranoscopus cadenati
- Uranoscopus chinensis
- Uranoscopus cognatus
- Uranoscopus crassiceps
- Uranoscopus dahlakensis
- Uranoscopus dollfusi - Dollfus' stargazer
- Uranoscopus filibarbis
- Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus
- Uranoscopus guttatus
- Uranoscopus japonicus
- Uranoscopus kaianus
- Uranoscopus marisrubri
- Uranoscopus marmoratus
- Uranoscopus oligolepis
- Uranoscopus polli
- Uranoscopus scaber - Atlantic stargazer
- Uranoscopus sulphureus - Whitemargin stargazer
- Uranoscopus tosae
References
- ↑ "Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
Sources
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