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Stargazers
Uranoscopidae
The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads (hence the name). The family includes about 51 species (one extinct) in eight genera, all marine and found worldwide in shallow and deep saltwaters.
7 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 59 known species
Uranoscopus
genusUranoscopus
Astroscopus
genusAstroscopus
Kathetostoma
genusKathetostoma
Genyagnus
genusGenyagnus
Ichthyscopus
genusIchthyscopus
Xenocephalus
genusXenocephalus
Pleuroscopus
genusPleuroscopus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86126.