Scientific Name
Ichthyscopus fasciatus
Common Name
Banded stargazer
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0 - 4;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 16-20;
Anal
soft rays: 15 - 19. Body with 5 dark transverse bands. Posterior edge of skull arching backward. Upper part of cleithrum completely exposed, not concealed with fleshy appendage. No respiratory groove between upper part of cleithrum and pectoral fin. A dermal fold absent on midventral margin of belly (Ref 42788).