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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 225 Starre-gazer. Vranoscopus.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. 109 The Star-gazer. Uranoscopus. Because he looks directly against the Sky.

1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling ii. lxviii. 189 The Star-Gazer..is often taken in the Mediterranean Sea.

1773 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 21 Apr. in 'Resolution' Jrnl. (1982) II. 263 We found they had hauled in the Sein in the Indian Cove & got some Mullets..& one new Stargazer (Uranoscopus), which we described & drew.

1874 W. Whalley Human Eye ii. 99 In others, as the angler or sea-devil, the uranoscopians or star-gazers, and in whales, they [sc. the eyes] are located on the upper aspect of the head.

1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 92 The best known genus, Uranoscopus, comprises about ten species, which are familiarly termed star-gazers.

1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xvi. 127 The family of Star Gazers (Uranoscopidæ ) of tropic and sub-tropic seas, are similar in form and habit to the Weevers, but they lack poison spines.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xviii. 321/2 Lizardfishes (Synodontidae), stonefishes (Synanceiidae), stargazers (Uranoscopidae), and flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes) lie with only their eyes exposed above the sediment.

2001 Aquarist & Pondkeeper Apr. 49/3 Strongly electric fishes are capable of generating sufficient power to kill or stun prey or as a deterrent against becoming prey themselves. Strongly electric examples are freshwater Electrophorus and Malapterus and Marine Torpedo Ray and the Star Gazer (Astrocopus).