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23 Results (Displaying 1 - 10) Results Per Page 10 25 50
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  • Scaled Stargazer Scaled Stargazer Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis Barnard 1927 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Pleuroscopus
  • Bulldog Stargazer Bulldog Stargazer Xenocephalus armatus Kaup 1858 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Xenocephalus
  • Fringe Stargazer Fringe Stargazer Ichthyscopus barbatus Mees 1960 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Ichthyscopus
  • Banded Stargazer Banded Stargazer Ichthyscopus fasciatus Haysom 1957 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Ichthyscopus
  • Doubleband Stargazer Doubleband Stargazer Ichthyscopus insperatus Mees 1960 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Ichthyscopus
  • Yellowtail Stargazer Yellowtail Stargazer Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1850 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Uranoscopus
  • Armed Stargazer Armed Stargazer Uranoscopus terraereginae Ogilby 1910 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Uranoscopus
  • Australian Stargazer Australian Stargazer Xenocephalus australiensis (Kishimoto 1989) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Xenocephalus
  • Ringed Stargazer Ringed Stargazer Xenocephalus cribratus (Kishimoto 1989) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Xenocephalus
  • Spotted Stargazer Spotted Stargazer Ichthyscopus sannio Whitley 1936 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Uranoscopidae > Ichthyscopus A brownish stargazer with a whitish lower body, a dark blotch on the cheek, pale yellow spots forming irregular bars or eye spots; large brownish blotch on cheek and another across back to pectoral-fin regions. 
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