Uranoscopidae

Stargazers

57 species

1. 1Astroscopus guttatus Abbott, 1860 · Northern stargazerocean · temperate
2. 2Astroscopus sexspinosus (Steindachner, 1876) · Brazilian stargazerocean · subtropical
3. 3Astroscopus ygraecum (Cuvier, 1829) · Southern stargazerocean · subtropical · reef
4. 4Astroscopus zephyreus Gilbert & Starks, 1897 · Pacific stargazerocean · tropical
5. 5Genyagnus monopterygius (Schneider, 1801) · Spotted stargazerocean · temperate
6. 6Ichthyscopus barbatus Mees, 1960 · Fringed stargazerocean · subtropical
7. 7Ichthyscopus fasciatus Haysom, 1957 · Banded stargazerocean · tropical
8. 8Ichthyscopus insperatus Mees, 1960 · Doubleband stargazerocean · tropical
9. 9Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Longnosed stargazerocean · tropical
10. 10Ichthyscopus malacopterus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)ocean · tropical
11. 11Ichthyscopus nigripinnis Gomon & Johnson, 1999ocean · tropical
12. 12Ichthyscopus pollicaris Vilasri, Ho, Kawai & Gomon, 2019 · Oriental fringe stargazerocean · temperate
13. 13Ichthyscopus sannio Whitley, 1936 · Spotcheck stargazerbrackish · ocean · tropical
14. 14Ichthyscopus spinosus Mees, 1960ocean · tropical
15. 15Kathetostoma albigutta Bean, 1892 · Lancer stargazerocean · subtropical
16. 16Kathetostoma averruncus Jordan & Bollman, 1890 · Smooth stargazerocean · deep-water
17. 17Kathetostoma binigrasella Gomon & Roberts, 2011ocean · temperate
18. 18Kathetostoma canaster Gomon & Last, 1987ocean · deep-water
19. 19Kathetostoma cubanum Barbour, 1941 · Spiny stargazerocean · deep-water
20. 20Kathetostoma fluviatilis Hutton, 1872fresh · subtropical
21. 21Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873 · Giant stargazerocean · temperate
22. 22Kathetostoma laeve (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Common stargazerocean · subtropical
23. 23Kathetostoma nigrofasciatum Waite & McCulloch, 1915 · Deepwater stargazerocean · subtropical
24. 24Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis Barnard, 1927 · Scaly stargazerocean · subtropical
25. 25Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier, 1829ocean · tropical
26. 26Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915 · Longspine stargazerocean · tropical
27. 27Uranoscopus arafurensis Prokofiev, 2020ocean · tropical
28. 28Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921ocean · tropical
29. 29Uranoscopus bauchotae Brüss, 1987ocean · tropical
30. 30Uranoscopus bicinctus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 · Marbled stargazerocean · tropical · reef
31. 31Uranoscopus brunneus Fricke, 2018 · Dark-finned stargazerocean · subtropical
32. 32Uranoscopus cadenati Poll, 1959 · West African stargazerocean · tropical
33. 33Uranoscopus chinensis Guichenot, 1882ocean · subtropical
34. 34Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849 · Two-spined yellow-tail stargazerocean · tropical
35. 35Uranoscopus crassiceps Alcock, 1890ocean · tropical
36. 36Uranoscopus dahlakensis Brüss, 1987ocean · tropical
37. 37Uranoscopus dollfusi Brüss, 1987 · Dollfus' stargazerocean · tropical
38. 38Uranoscopus filibarbis Cuvier, 1829ocean · tropical
39. 39Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus Kner, 1868ocean · tropical
40. 40Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 · Dollfus' stargrazerocean · tropical
41. 41Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782ocean · deep-water
42. 42Uranoscopus kaianus Günther, 1880 · Kai stargazerocean · tropical
43. 43Uranoscopus kishimotoi Fricke, 2018 · Tube-nosed stargazerocean · tropical
44. 44Uranoscopus marisrubri Brüss, 1987ocean · deep-water
45. 45Uranoscopus marmoratus Cuvier, 1829ocean · tropical
46. 46Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker, 1878ocean · tropical
47. 47Uranoscopus polli Cadenat, 1951 · Whitespotted stargazerocean · tropical
48. 48Uranoscopus rosette Randall & Arnold, 2012ocean · tropical
49. 49Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 · Stargazerocean · subtropical
50. 50Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 · Whitemargin stargazerocean · tropical · reef
51. 51Uranoscopus tosae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)ocean · temperate
52. 52Uranoscopus turbisquamatus (Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993)ocean · deep-water · newer than the 2023 backbone
53. 53Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858 · Armoured blennyocean · tropical
54. 54Xenocephalus australiensis (Kishimoto, 1989) · Australian stargazerocean · subtropical
55. 55Xenocephalus cribratus (Kishimoto, 1989)ocean · tropical
56. 56Xenocephalus egregius (Jordan & Thompson, 1905) · Freckled stargazerocean · deep-water
57. 57Xenocephalus elongatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)ocean · deep-water

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.