Stargazers - Family: Uranoscopidae
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Black-fin Stargazer - Ichthyscopus nigripinnis
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Spot-check Stargazer - Ichthyscopus sannio
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Armed Stargazer - Uranoscopus affinis
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Bulldog Stargazer - Xenocephalus armatus
Australian Stargazer - Xenocephalus australiensis
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Labriformes (Wrasses and Allies)
> Suborder: Uranoscopoidei (Sandperches, Stargazers and Allies)
> Family: Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
> Genus: Ichthyscopus
> Species: I. nigrip[innis - Black-fin Stargazer
> Species: I. sannio - Spot-check Stargazer
> Genus: Uranoscopus
> Species: U. affinis - Armed Stargazer
> Genus: Xenocephalus
> Species: X. armatus - Bulldog Stargazer
> Species: X. australiensis - Australian Stargazer
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