Scientific Name	Uranoscopus oligolepis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1878	Depth	30 - 250M
Chinese	寡鱗鰧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F443　Uranoscopidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	少鱗鰧
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大頭丁、眼鏡魚、含笑、向天虎、寡鱗瞻星魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sumatra; Java; Ambon I., Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)  Bleeker, P. 1878 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0058015. ASIZP0058898. ASIZP0062418. ASIZP0062553. ASIZP0073417. ASIZP0075280. ASIZP0078595. ASIZP0078596. ASIZP0078684. ASIZP0078729. ASIZP0078730. ASIZP0078731. ASIZP0078732. ASIZP0080619. ASIZP0080631. ASIZP0700066. FRIP01179. FRIP01184. NMMBP02910. NMMBP04022. NTMP0242. NTMP0330. NTMP0579. NTMP1320. NTOU-AE6215. NTUM00021Paratype. NTUM01640. NTUM01641. NTUM03777. NTUM03778. NTUM05144. ROM71767.
Common Name	Drab nakednape stargazer
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head and body depressed, compressed posteriorly. Top of head with bony tubercles, shallowly concave. Depression on interorbital space not exending to line connecting posterior rims of orbits. Lower edge of preoperculum with 4 spines. Cleithral spine large and stout. Scales large, 47 to 51 in longitudinal series; nape naked. Anterior nostril tubular. Respiratory valve inside lower jaw forming a very long filament. Two dorsal fins, the first fin black with white area at base and with IV or V weak spines, the second dorsal fin with 12 soft rays; anal-fin rays 13. Body and head olive brown, white below; without distinctive colour markings.
habitats	Inhabits sandy pebble bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from Bali Strait to Timor. Reported from Taiwan, Malaysia, New Caledonia. It is found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.