Trachicephalus | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Synanceiidae |
Genus: |
Trachicephalus Swainson, 1839 |
Species: | T. uranoscopus |
Binomial name | |
Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) |
Trachicephalus uranoscopus, the star-gazing stonefish, is a species of stonefish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it is found on muddy bottoms in estuaries. This venomous species is also a minor component of local commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL. This species is the only known member of the genus Trachicephalus.