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Uranoscopidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Uranoscopidae

Name

Synonyms
Xenocephalidae
Homonyms
Uranoscopidae
Common names
Armorhead Stargazers in English
Armourhead Stargazers in English
Himmelsgucker in German
Mira-céus in Portuguese
Stargazers in English
Sterngucker in German
miracielos in Spanish
miracielos in Spanish
nebehledovití in Czech
skaberowate in Polish
stargazers in English
stargazers in English
stjernekikkerfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
taivaantähystäjät in Finnish
uranoscopes in French
uranoscopes in French
Звездочетовые in Russian
Звездочётовые in Russian
Зіркоглядові in Ukrainian
морские коровки in Russian
אצטגנוניים in Hebrew
ปลาอุบแก้มหนาม ฯลฯ in Thai
ミシマオコゼ科 in Japanese
瞻星魚科 in Chinese
鰧科 in Chinese
통구멍과 in Korean
stjernekikkerfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ミシマオコゼ科 in Japanese
stargazers in English
Звездочетовые in Russian
морские коровки in Russian
ミシマオコゼ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  8. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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