Scientific Name	Ichthyscopus lebeck   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	30 - 200M
Chinese	披肩鰧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F443　Uranoscopidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	披肩鰧
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大頭丁、眼鏡魚、含笑、向天虎、披肩瞻星魚、尿壺魚、看天獅（高屏地區）、甕魚(中彰地區)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tranquebar, India
Synonyms	Ichthyoscopus lebeck, Ichthyscopus lebeck lebeck, Uranoscopus inermis, Uranoscopus lebeck
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)
Specimen List	ASIZP0805901. ASIZP0805902. ASIZP0805903. ASIZP0915901. ASIZP0915902. ASIZP0915903. FRIP21173. MTP0106. NMMBP06285. NMMBP06314. NMMBP06363. NMMSTP00939. NMNSF00249. NTUM03801. NTUM03804.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Longnosed stargazer
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head and body compressed. Mouth large, protractile, almost vertical; respiratory valve inside lower jaw without dermal appendage; both lips with fimbriate ridges. Dorsoposterior end of gill flap with dermal fringed papillae. Upper part of cleithrum bordered ventrally by dermal fringed flaps. Body scales arranged in regular oblique rows. Dorsal fin single, with II rudimentary spines and 17 or 18 soft rays; anal-fin rays 16 or 17; pectoral fins knife-shaped, upper rays longer than middle ray. Body canary yellow, with buffer brown markings along sides, enclosing pure white round or oval spots; some spots of same white colour also on pectoral and dorsal fins. A dark bar across caudal and pectoral fins.
habitats	Inhabits sandy pebble bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	No commercial value.