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Ichthyscopus
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Ichthyscopus

Ichthyscopus is a genus of stargazers from the family Uranoscopidae. They are ambush predators from the western Indo-Pacific region.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Long-nosed Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus lebeck

Spotcheck Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus sannio

Fringe Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus barbatus

Ichthyscopus pollicaris

speciesIchthyscopus pollicaris

Blackfin Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus nigripinnis

Banded Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus fasciatus

Doubleband Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus insperatus

Spiny Stargazer

speciesIchthyscopus spinosus

Ichthyscopus malacopterus

speciesIchthyscopus malacopterus

Ichthyscopus inermis

speciesIchthyscopus inermis

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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 89062.