Trachicephalus uranoscopus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Stonefishes; Inhabits mud bottoms in estuaries.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,145 meters (0 to -13,599 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Polycaulus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider • Synanceia uranoscopa Bloch & Schneider

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bloch, M .E. and J.G. Schneider M.E. Blochii, systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini, Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum: Berlin. 584 p., 1801.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Trachicephalus

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T. uranoscopus (Stargazing Stonefish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A guide to the study of fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1905. url , p. 436, p. 438, p. 456.
• Fishes, New York, H. Holt and Company, 1907. url , .
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 81.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 341, p. 372, p. 373, p. 375.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Woodland, David J. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3326277
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-144392
• Fishbase Species ID: 59086
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 643704
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126744

Footnotes

1. Mean = -500.220 meters (-1,641.142 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,368.280 based on 9 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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