SCORPAENIDAE Trachicephalus uranoscopus, 5.4 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Trachicephalus uranoscopus, 8.0 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch, 1801) Stargazing Stonefish D XI-XIII, 12-14; A II, 12-15; P1 14-15; P2 I, 5; GR 2-3 + 5. Body elongate; mouth strongly upturned; eyes on dorsal surface of depressed head. Skin at gill openings broadly connected to isthmus. Head spines poorly developed; lacrimal with 2 or 3 short spines; preopercle with 4 blunt spines. Lower pectoral-fin rays not free from upper rays. All soft rays of fins unbranched. Teeth on jaws and vomer, but none on palatines. Lateral line present, but indistinct. Color: head, trunk and fins grayish to blackish, with poorly defined whitish spots or blotches scattered on lateral surface of body, pectoral and caudal fins, and base of anal fin. Distal margins of soft-rayed portions of dorsal and anal fins yellowish white; posterior margin of caudal fin white. Size: maximum length 8 cm SL. Distribution: distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from India to southern China and northern Australia. Remarks: occurs in shallow inshore waters over mud bottoms, sometimes in estuaries.