Uranoscopidae

family of fish

Astroscopus (from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", and σκοπέω (skopéō), meaning "to look"), the electric stargazers, is a genus of stargazers, a type of percomorph fish from the family Uranoscopidae, part of the order Labriformes. The species in this genus are anatomically distinct uranoscopids, being characterized by internal nares and being the only group of marine bony fish having organs which produce electricity which are derived from the extraocular muscles. They are found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

species of fish

Xenocephalus is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Uranoscopidae, the stargazers. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and are benthic, ambush predators.

thumb|Kathetostoma albigutta|Lancer stargazer (K. albigutta) Kathetostoma is a genus of bony fish from the family Uranoscopidae, the stargazers. They are demersal predators which are found in the western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, with most species around Australia and New Zealand.

species of fish

species of fish

Ichthyscopus is a genus of stargazers from the family Uranoscopidae. They are ambush predators from the western Indo-Pacific region.

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

species of fish