Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Stargazing stonefish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Synanceiinae
Etymology: Trachicephalus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.
Etymology: Trachicephalus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
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Indo-West Pacific: India to Indonesia, north to Hong Kong and southern China.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12 - 15.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits mud bottoms in estuaries. Also found in sand bottoms of estuaries and coastal waters in 2-25 m (Ref 90102).
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Main reference
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Poss, S.G., 1999. Scorpaenidae. Scorpionfishes (also, lionfishes, rockfishes, stingfishes, stonefishes, and waspfishes). p. 2291-2352. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. 2069-2790 p. (Ref. 39597)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 July 2017
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous (Ref. 39597)
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.02089 (0.01111 - 0.03930), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (23 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown. |