After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Uranoscopidae (stargazers; taivaantähystäjät) [N: 8/50] [FB: 7/44]
   |--o Astroscopus [4]
   |  |-- A. guttatus Abbott, 1860 (Northern stargazer)
   |  |-- A. sexspinosus (Steindachner, 1876) (Brazilian stargazer)
   |  |-- A. y-graecum (Cuvier, 1829) (Southern stargazer)
   |  `-- A. zephyreus Gilbert & Starks, 1897 (Pacific stargazer)
   |-- Genyagnus monopterygius (Schneider, 1801) (Spotted stargazer)
   |--o Gnathagnus [4]
   |  |-- G. cribratus Kishimoto, 1989
   |  |-- G. egregius (Jordan & Thompson, 1905) (Freckled stargazer)
   |  |-- G. elongatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
   |  `-- G. innotabilis Waite, 1904 (Bulldog stargazer)
   |--o Ichthyscopus [5]
   |  |-- I. barbatus Mees, 1960 (Fringed stargazer)
   |  |-- I. fasciatus Haysom, 1957 (Banded stargazer)
   |  |-- I. insperatus Mees, 1960 (Double-banded stargazer)
   |  |--o I. lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
   |  |  |-- I. l. lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
   |  |  `-- I. l. sannio Whitley, 1936
   |  `-- I. spinosus Mees, 1960
   |--o Kathetostoma [7]
   |  |-- K. albigutta (Bean, 1892) (Lancer stargazer)
   |  |-- K. averruncus Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Smooth stargazer)
   |  |-- K. canaster Gomon & Last, 1987
   |  |-- K. cubana Barbour, 1941 (Spiny stargazer)
   |  |-- K. giganteum Haast, 1873 (Giant stargazer)
   |  |-- K. laeve (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Common stargazer)
   |  `-- K. nigrofasciatum Waite & McCulloch, 1915 (Deepwater stargazer)
   |-- Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis Barnard, 1927 (Scaly stargazer)
   |-- Selenoscopus turbisquamatus Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993
   |--o Uranoscopus [22]
   |  |-- U. affinis Cuvier, 1829
   |  |-- U. albesca Regan, 1915 (Longspine stargazer)
   |  |-- U. archionema Regan, 1921 (Stargazer)
   |  |-- U. bauchotae Brüss, 1987
   |  |-- U. bicinctus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Marbled stargazer)
   |  |-- U. cadenati Poll, 1959 (West African stargazer)
   |  |-- U. chinensis Guichenot, 1882
   |  |-- U. cognatus Cantor, 1849 (Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer)
   |  |-- U. crassiceps Alcock, 1890
   |  |-- U. dahlakensis Brüss, 1987
   |  |-- U. dollfusi Bruss, 1987 (Dollfus' stargazer)
   |  |-- U. filibarbis Cuvier, 1829
   |  |-- U. guttaus Cuvier, 1829
   |  |-- U. japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
   |  |-- U. kaianus Günther, 1880 (Kai stargazer)
   |  |-- U. marisrubri Brüss, 1987
   |  |-- U. marmoratus Cuvier, 1829
   |  |-- U. oligolepis Bleeker, 1878
   |  |-- U. polli Cadenat, 1951 (Whitespotted stargazer)
   |  |-- U. scaber Linnaeus, 1758 (taivaantähystäjä; Atlantic stargazer)
   |  |-- U. sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 (Whitemargin stargazer)
   |  `-- U. tosae (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
   `-- Xenocephalus armatus Kaup, 1858 (Armoured blenny)

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