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Species in the genus Astroscopus: [ 5 ] records

anoplos, Uranoscopus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:493 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Amerique septentrionale. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4053 (2) New York. •Synonym of Astroscopus ygraecum (Cuvier 1829) – (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:400 [ref. 24550]). •Synonym of Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier 1829) -- (Berry & Anderson 1961:569 [ref. 37362], Pietsch 1989:298 [ref. 12541], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754]). Current status: Synonym of Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier 1829). Uranoscopidae. Habitat: marine.

guttatus, Astroscopus Abbott [C. C.] 1860:365, Pl. 7 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 12; ref. 15621] Cape May, New Jersey, U.S.A. Holotype: ANSP 22722. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:165 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Astroscopus guttatus Abbott 1860 -- (Berry & Anderson 1961:573 [ref. 37362], Smith 1986:439 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:220 [ref. 23100], Pietsch 1989:298 [ref. 12541], Murdy et al. 1997:190 [ref. 23144], Nelson et al. 2004:161 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:166 [ref. 32708], Vilasri 2013:88 [ref. 33304], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Page et al. 2023:175 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Astroscopus guttatus Abbott 1860. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: New York south to North Carolina (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

sexspinosus, Uranoscopus (Upselonphorus) Steindachner [F.] 1876:167 [119], Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 76396. On p. 119 of separate. See Pietsch 1989:298 [ref. 12541]. •Valid as Astroscopus sexspinosus (Steindachner 1876) -- (Inada in Nakamura et al. 1986:262 [ref. 14235], López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808] as sexpinosus, Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:94 [ref. 27192], Vilasri 2013:88 [ref. 33304], Nión et al. 2016:51 [ref. 35565] as sexpinosus, Carvalho-Filho 2023:219 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Astroscopus sexspinosus (Steindachner 1876). Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) south to Bahia Blanca (Argentina). Habitat: marine.

y-graecum, Uranoscopus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:308 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] No locality. Syntypes: MNHN A-5602 (1, dry). Originally as Y graecum. Appeared first as name only in Cuvier 1829:154 [ref. 995]. A hyphen is added to the species epithet as y-graecum according to ICZN Art. 32.5.2.4.3. •Valid as Uranoscopus y-graecum Cuvier 1829 – (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Astroscopus ygraecum (Cuvier 1829) – (Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221] as ygricium, Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:400 [ref. 24550], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:94 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier 1829) -- (Berry & Anderson 1961:569 [ref. 37362], Pietsch 1989:298 [ref. 12541], Boschung 1992:158 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:454 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1994:61 [ref. 24488], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Carpenter 2003:1747 [ref. 27092], Nelson et al. 2004:161 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:569 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:166 [ref. 32708], Vilasri 2013:88 [ref. 33304], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:15 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:9 [ref. 36717] , Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:451 [ref. 38945], Bagley et al. 2023:322 [ref. 41241], Carvalho-Filho 2023:218 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:175 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Astroscopus y-graecum (Cuvier 1829). Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

zephyreus, Astroscopus Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] in Gilbert 1897:453, Pls. 53 (fig. 2), 54 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1115); ref. 1629] Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 47743. •Valid as Astroscopus zephyreus Gilbert & Starks 1897 -- (Pietsch 1989:298 [ref. 12541], Allen & Robertson 1994:215 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:140 [ref. 23101], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1650 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:305 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:241 [ref. 24555], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:265 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:161 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:151 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:166 [ref. 32708], Vilasri 2013:88 [ref. 33304], Kells et al. 2016:292 [ref. 35888], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:193 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:275 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Astroscopus zephyreus Gilbert & Starks 1897. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.