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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.

Meaning of Astroscopus from wikipedia

- sub-compressed body. The Astroscopus genus consists of three species: Astroscopus guttatus, Astroscopus Y-grae****, and Astroscopus zepherus. Typically found...
- in Astroscopus: Astroscopus guttatus Abbott, 1860 - Northern stargazer Astroscopus ****spinosus (Steindachner, 1876) - Brazilian Stargazer Astroscopus y-grae****...
- pectoral fins. The species within the genera Astroscopus and Uranoscopus can also cause electric shocks. Astroscopus species have a single electric organ consisting...
- 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 ****spinosus, the Brazilian stargazer, is a species of electric stargazer (Astroscopus) found off the coast of southern Brazil and northern...
- 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...
- po****tions. All species within the genus Uranoscopus, along with those in Astroscopus, have evolved electric organs, but lack receptor organs. These were both...
- 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...
- Gill, 1863 Antennarius corallinus Poey, 1865 Antennarius stellifer Barbour, 1905 Antennarius verrucosus Bean, 1906 Antennarius astroscopus Nichols, 1912...