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Stargazer (fish)
| Stargazer | |
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| Common stargazer, Kathetostoma laeve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Suborder: | Uranoscopoidei |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 |
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The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of labriform ray-finned fish that have eyes on top of their heads (hence the name). The family includes about 51 species (one extinct) in eight genera, all marine and found worldwide in shallow and deep saltwaters.[1]
- ^ Bray, Dianne. "Family Uranoscopidae". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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