Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer (Uranoscopus cognatus)

Scientific name: Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849

Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer (Uranoscopus cognatus)

The Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer (Uranoscopus cognatus) is a marine fish of the family Uranoscopidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Also known from Papua New Guinea.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal soft rays: 12 - 15. A short black cirrus on eye. Respiratory valve inside lower jaw with a thread-like, pale appendage. Body without distinctive colour marks. Upper edge of opercle descending backward. Both nasal valves long and tubular. First dorsal fin with 4 (rarely 3) spines. Two basipterygial processes (Ref 42788)..

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Uranoscopus cognatus
Family
Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.5
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Also known from Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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