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Uranoscopus
Uranoscopus is a genus of stargazer fish from the family Uranoscopidae. The genus name Uranoscopus is from Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós), meaning "sky, heaven", and σκοπέω (skopéō), meaning "to look".
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Atlantic Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus scaber
Marbled Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus bicinctus
Whitemargin Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus sulphureus
Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus archionema
Japanese Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus japonicus
Yellowtail Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus cognatus
Uranoscopus rosette
speciesUranoscopus rosette
Uranoscopus guttatus
speciesUranoscopus guttatus
Armed Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus affinis
Uranoscopus marmoratus
speciesUranoscopus marmoratus
Whitespotted stargazer
speciesUranoscopus polli
Uranoscopus cadenati
speciesUranoscopus cadenati
Uranoscopus kishimotoi
speciesUranoscopus kishimotoi
Dollfus' stargazer
speciesUranoscopus dollfusi
Naked-nape Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus oligolepis
Uranoscopus albesca
speciesUranoscopus albesca
Kai Stargazer
speciesUranoscopus kaianus
Uranoscopus bauchotae
speciesUranoscopus bauchotae
Uranoscopus crassiceps
speciesUranoscopus crassiceps
Uranoscopus dahlakensis
speciesUranoscopus dahlakensis
Uranoscopus filibarbis
speciesUranoscopus filibarbis
Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus
speciesUranoscopus fuscomaculatus
Uranoscopus marisrubri
speciesUranoscopus marisrubri
Uranoscopus turbisquamatus
speciesUranoscopus turbisquamatus
Uranoscopus brunneus
speciesUranoscopus brunneus
Uranoscopus arafurensis
speciesUranoscopus arafurensis
Uranoscopus batrachops
speciesUranoscopus batrachops
Uranoscopus alius
speciesUranoscopus alius
Uranoscopus oculocirrhis
speciesUranoscopus oculocirrhis
Uranoscopus tosae
speciesUranoscopus tosae
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 92742.