Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Synanceiidae > Trachicephalus > Trachicephalus uranoscopus

Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Stargazing stonefish)

Synonyms: Polycaulus uranoscopus; Synanceia uranoscopa (homotypic)
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Prey / Diet

Acentrogobius nebulosus (Goby)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parahurleytrema pyriforme[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1The biology and ecology of small tropical scorpaenoids inhabiting shallow coastal habitats in Singapore, J.T.B. Kwik, Doctoral Thesis, National University of Singapore 2011
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0