occidentalis, Uranoscopus Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1831:123, Pl. 73 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Atlantic off Brazil. No types known. •Valid as Uranoscopus occidentalis Agassiz 1831 -- (Berry & Anderson 1961:568 [ref. 37362]). •Probably a synonym -- (Pietsch 1989:296 [ref. 12541]). •Synonym of Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roux 1990:898 [ref. 18781]). Current status: Synonym of Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus 1758. Uranoscopidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.