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Astroscopus anoplus
Stargaser Star"gas`er, n. 1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopid[ae]. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.

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- included in Astroscopus: Astroscopus guttatus Abbott, 1860 - Northern stargazer Astroscopus ****spinosus (Steindachner, 1876) Astroscopus y-grae****, (Cuvier...
- the name stargazer. The stargazer's scientific name is Astroscopus guttatus where Astroscopus means "one who aims at the stars" and guttatus translating...
- pectoral fins. The species within the genera Astroscopus and Uranoscopus can also cause electric shocks. Astroscopus species have a single electric organ consisting...
- Astroscopus ****spinosus, the Brazilian stargazer, is a species of electric stargazer (Astroscopus) found off the coast of southern Brazil and northern...
- The southern stargazer (Astroscopus y-grae****) is a species of marine fish in the family Uranoscopidae and genus Astroscopus. They are native to the United...
- Astroscopus countermani is an extinct species of stargazer described from a cranium found in Tortonian deposits of the Calvert Cliffs of what is now Maryland...
- electric organ forms a sheath around much of the body. Stargazers like Astroscopus y-grae**** have the electric organ in the head, arranged vertically. Electric...
- nephelus Y Y Southern sennet Sphyraena picudilla Y Y Southern stargazer Astroscopus y-grae**** Y Y Southern stingray Hyp**** americ**** Y Y Y Spaghetti eel...
- Greater weever, Trachinus draco Northern stargazer, Astroscopus guttatus Atlantic stargazer, Astroscopus scaber Butterfly blenny, Blennius ocellaris Montagu's...
- po****tions. All species within the genus Uranoscopus, along with those in Astroscopus, have evolved electric organs, but lack receptor organs. These were both...