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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Uranoscopidae Stargazers

Genus: Ichthyscopus

(See list of species below)


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8 species (see list below)

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Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 41 cm TL
Ichthyscopus barbatus Mees, 1960

Photo by CSIRO
 
Ichthyscopus barbatus
[Fringed stargazer]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Ichthyscopus fasciatus Haysom, 1957

Photo by CSIRO
 
Ichthyscopus fasciatus
[Banded stargazer]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Ichthyscopus insperatus Mees, 1960

Photo by CSIRO
 
Ichthyscopus insperatus
[Doubleband stargazer]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Photo by FAO
 
Ichthyscopus lebeck
[Longnosed stargazer]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Ichthyscopus malacopterus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Ichthyscopus nigripinnis
[]

Photo by IGFA

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 65 cm TL
Ichthyscopus sannio Whitley, 1936

Photo by IGFA
 
Ichthyscopus sannio
[Spotcheck stargazer]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Ichthyscopus spinosus
[]
8 Species of Family Uranoscopidae with Genus Ichthyscopus
(Stargazers)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1960 Ichthyscopus barbatus Fringed stargazer Eastern Indian Ocean 41 TL
1957 Ichthyscopus fasciatus Banded stargazer Western Central Pacific 25 TL
1960 Ichthyscopus insperatus Doubleband stargazer Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL
1801 Ichthyscopus lebeck Longnosed stargazer Indo-West Pacific 60 TL
1830 Ichthyscopus malacopterus Western Central Pacific
1999 Ichthyscopus nigripinnis Western Central Pacific
1936 Ichthyscopus sannio Spotcheck stargazer Western Central Pacific 65 TL
1960 Ichthyscopus spinosus Eastern Indian Ocean



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013