Scientific Name	Uranoscopus tosae   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)	Depth	55 - 420M
Chinese	土佐鰧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F443　Uranoscopidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	土佐鰧
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大頭丁、眼鏡魚、含笑、向天虎、土佐瞻星魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kochi in Tosa, Shikoku I., Japan.
Synonyms	Uranoscopus oligolepis, Zalescopus tosae
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)  Jordan, D.S. etc. 1925 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0058733. ASIZP0059589. ASIZP0067775. ASIZP0067816. ASIZP0067825. ASIZP0067901. ASIZP0068288. ASIZP0070573. ASIZP0803536. ASIZP0803577. ASIZP0803586. ASIZP0803662. ASIZP0804049. ASIZP0913536. ASIZP0913577. ASIZP0913586. ASIZP0913662. ASIZP0914049. FRIP01217. NMMBP03230. NMMBP03285. NMNSF01423. NTMP0718. NTOU-AE6135. SU49437.
Common Name	Tosa 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 small, 54 to 57 in longitudinal series; nuchal region naked anterior, but scaled posteriorly. Anterior nostril tubular. Respiratory valve inside lower jaw with produced into a flap of various size. Two dorsal fins, the first fin black with white area at base and with IV or V weak spines, the second dorsal fin with 13 soft rays; anal-fin rays 12 to 14. Body and head brownish, white below.
habitats	Found in shelf and shelf edge. Hides in sandy bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the Northwest Pacific from southern Japan to the South China Sea, excluding the Ryukyu Islands. It is found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.