Uranoscopus
{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Uranoscopus scaber.jpg
| image_caption = Uranoscopus scaber - type species of the genus
| taxon = Uranoscopus
| type_species = Uranoscopus scaber
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| synonyms = *Nematagnus Gill, 1861
| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family|family=Uranoscopidae|access-date=23 June 2018}}
}}
Uranoscopus is a genus of stargazer fish from the family Uranoscopidae.{{cite WoRMS|title=Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 1758 |id=226100 |year=2014 |db=FishBase |accessdate=23 June 2018}} The name Uranoscopus is from the Greek, ouranos, "sky" and skopein, "to watch".{{cite web|title=Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 |url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Uranoscopus-scaber.html |publisher=Fishbase |accessdate=30 January 2015}}
Species
There are 25 species in the genus:{{FishBase genus|genus=Uranoscopus|month=February|year=2018}}
- Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier, 1829
- Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915 - Longspine stargazer
- Uranoscopus arafurensis Prokofiev, 2020Prokofiev, A. M. (2020). New Species of Stargazers (Uranoscopidae) From the Arafura Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 60(5), 673–680. doi:10.1134/s0032945220050082
- Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921
- Uranoscopus bauchotae Brüss, 1987
- Uranoscopus brunneus R. 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{{Cof species|Uranoscopus|rosette|access-date=23 June 2018}}
- Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic stargazer
- Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 - Whitemargin stargazer
- Uranoscopus tosae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)