Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849
Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
Uranoscopus cognatus
photo by CSIRO

Family:  Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Max. size:  16.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978). Also known from Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192).
Diagnosis:  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)..
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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