Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Uranoscopiformes
Familia: Uranoscopidae
Genus: Uranoscopus
Species: U. affinis – U. albesca – U. archionema – U. bauchotae – U. bicinctus – U. cadenati – U. chinensis – U. cognatus – U. crassiceps – U. dahlakensis – U. dollfusi – U. filibarbis – U. fuscomaculatus – U. guttatus – U. japonicus – U. kaianus – U. marisrubri – U. marmoratus – U. oligolepis – U. polli – U. rosette – U. scaber – U. sulphureus – U. tosae
Name
Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species: Uranoscopus scaber
Fixation: monotypy
Synonyms
Nematagnus Gill, 1861
Zalescopus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
Vernacular names
English: Stargazer
italiano: Pesce prete, Pesce lucerna
polski: Skaberowate
References
Gill, T. N.; 1861: Synopsis of the uranoscopoids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 13: 108–117.
Jordan, D. S. & Hubbs, C. L.; 1925: Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 10 (2): 93–346, Pls. 5-12.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 250.
Uranoscopus in the World Register of Marine Species
Uranoscopus is a genus of stargazer fish from the family Uranoscopidae.[2] The name Uranoscopus is from the Greek, ouranos, "sky" and skopein, "to watch".[3]
Species
There are 25 species in the genus:[4]
Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier, 1829
Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915 - Longspine stargazer
Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921
Uranoscopus bauchotae Brüss, 1987
Uranoscopus brunneus Fricke, 2018
Uranoscopus bicinctus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - Marbled stargazer
Uranoscopus cadenati Poll, 1959 - West African stargazer
Uranoscopus chinensis Guichenot, 1882
Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849 - Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
Uranoscopus crassiceps Alcock, 1890
Uranoscopus dahlakensis Brüss, 1987
Uranoscopus dollfusi Brüss, 1987 - Dollfus' stargazer
Uranoscopus filibarbis Cuvier, 1829
Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus Kner, 1868
Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 - Dollfus' stargrazer
Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
Uranoscopus kaianus Günther, 1880 - Kai stargazer
Uranoscopus marisrubri Brüss, 1987
Uranoscopus marmoratus Cuvier, 1829
Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker, 1878
Uranoscopus polli Cadenat, 1951 - Whitespotted stargazer
Uranoscopus rosette Randall & Arnold, 2012[5]
Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic stargazer
Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 - Whitemargin stargazer
Uranoscopus tosae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Uranoscopidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Uranoscopus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Uranoscopus rosette". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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