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Uranoscopus
Linnaeus, 1758
(fish)
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Uranoscopidae (Family) - stargazers
..Astroscopus (Genus)
..Genyagnus (Genus)
..Ichthyscopus (Genus)
..Kathetostoma (Genus)
..Pleuroscopus (Genus)
..Xenocephalus (Genus)
..Uranoscopus (Genus)
....Uranoscopus affinis (Species)
....Uranoscopus albesca (Species) - longspine stargazer
....Uranoscopus archionema (Species) - stargazer
....Uranoscopus bauchotae (Species)
....Uranoscopus bicinctus (Species)
....Uranoscopus cadenati (Species) - West African stargazer
....Uranoscopus chinensis (Species)
....Uranoscopus cognatus (Species)
....Uranoscopus crassiceps (Species)
....Uranoscopus dahlakensis (Species)
....Uranoscopus dollfusi (Species)
....Uranoscopus filibarbis (Species)
....Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus (Species)
....Uranoscopus guttatus (Species)
....Uranoscopus japonicus (Species)
....Uranoscopus kaianus (Species)
....Uranoscopus marisrubri (Species)
....Uranoscopus marmoratus (Species)
....Uranoscopus oligolepis (Species)
....Uranoscopus polli (Species) - whitespotted stargazer
....Uranoscopus scaber (Species) - stargazer
....Uranoscopus sulphureus (Species)
....Uranoscopus tosae (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 250.
≡
Types
Type of
:
Uranoscopidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 409; [<25 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type, by monotypy
:
Uranoscopus scaber
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Selenoscopus
(Genus)
Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025.
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026