Yellowtail Stargazer, Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1850


Other Names: Twospined Yellowtail Stargazer, Two-spined Yellow-tail Stargazer

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Yellowtail Stargazer, Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1850

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Distribution

In Australia, known from Shark Bay, WA (25°21'S) to the Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (11°59'S, 141°E). The species occurs elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

Species Citation

Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1850, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 18(2): 1003. Type locality: Sea of Penang (as Pinang), Malaysia.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Yellowtail Stargazer, Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1850

References


Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Blaber, S.J.M., Brewer, D.T.  & Harris, A.N. 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45(3): 375-396.

Cantor, T.E. 1850. Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18(2): 983-1443 pls 1-14

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

Kishimoto, H. 2001. Uranoscopidae. pp. 3519-3531 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. 

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293.

Pietsch, T.W. 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of trachinoid fishes of the family Uranoscopidae. Copeia 1989(2): 253-303.

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. 

Vilasri, V. 2013. Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic systematics of the family Uranoscopidae (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries Hokkaido University 55(1/2): 1-106.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37400008

Depth:11-130 m

Habitat:Bottom dweller

Max Size:17 cm TL

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