Scientific Name	Uranoscopus chinensis   Pronounce			by: Fishery Research Institute
Author	Guichenot, 1882	Depth	7 - 120M
Chinese	中華鰧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F443　Uranoscopidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	中華鰧
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大頭丁、眼鏡魚、含笑、向天虎、中華瞻星魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Macao, China
Synonyms	Uranoscopus flavipinnis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)  Sauvage, H. E. 1882 Kishimoto, H. 1989 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0060457. ASIZP0062556. ASIZP0062564. ASIZP0062565. ASIZP0062566. ASIZP0062567. ASIZP0063206. ASIZP0070194. ASIZP0900392. ASIZP0900393. ASIZP0900394. ASIZP0900395. FRIP21727. NMMBP08858. NTMP0482. NTOUP201005-271. NTUM08624. ROM71764.
Common Name	Chinese 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 exending to line connecting posterior rims of orbits. Lower edge of preoperculum with 4 spines. Cleithral spine large and stout. Both nostril tubular. Respiratory valve inside lower jaw with a membranous filament. Two dorsal fins, the first fin black with white area at base and with V weak spines, the second dorsal fin with 12 to 14 soft rays; anal-fin rays 13 or 14. Body dark brown, white below; any white blotches scattered on upper half of body.
habitats	Found near shore, down to 120 m on sand or sandy mud bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific from Japan to Taiwan. It is found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.