Astroscopus countermani

{{Short description|Extinct species of ray-finned fish}}

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| fossil_range = Tortonian

| image = Astroscopus countermani.jpg

| image_caption = Artist's reconstruction

| taxon = Astroscopus countermani

| extinct = yes

| authority = Carnevale, Godfrey & Pietsch, 2011

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Astroscopus countermani is an extinct species of stargazer described from a cranium found in Tortonian deposits of the Calvert Cliffs of what is now Maryland.{{cite journal | last1 = Carnevale | last2 = Godfrey | last3 = Pietsch | year = 2011 | title = Stargazer (Teleostei, Uranoscopidae) Cranial Remains from the Miocene Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A. (St. Marys Formation, Chesapeake Group) | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 31 | issue = 6| pages = 1200–1209 | doi = 10.1080/02724634.2011.606856| bibcode = 2011JVPal..31.1200C | s2cid = 196608143 }} A. countermani is very similar to its living relatives.