Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 112 1961 IN umber 3448 



STARGAZER FISHES 



FROM THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC 



(FAMILY URANOSCOPIDAE) 



By Frederick H. Berry and William W. Anderson l 



This review of the fishes of the family Uranoscopidae from the 

 western North Atlantic is a consequence of our efforts to identify 

 large series of various sizes of these fishes that have been taken in 

 recent years by exploratory fishing in this area. It is based on all 

 the uranoscopid specimens from this area in the collections of the 

 U.S. National Museum, selected specimens from other institutions, 

 and specimens at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Biological 

 Laboratory at Brunswick, Georgia. Many of the specimens at 

 Brunswick will subsequently be transferred to the U.S. National 

 Museum. 



Five species of stargazers have been recognized in our study of the 

 family in the western North Atlantic. Illustrations, diagnostic 

 characters, and known ranges are presented for these species. Astro- 

 scopus y-graecum Cuvier and Astroscopus guttatvs Abbott are dis- 

 tinguished. Execestides Jordan and Thompson is synonymized with 

 G/uithagnus Gill, and E. egregius Jordan and Thompson is included in 



• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This paper Is Contribution Xo. 51 of the U. S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Brunswick, Qeorgla. 



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