Giant stargazer
| Giant stargazer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae |
| Genus: | Kathetostoma |
| Species: | K. giganteum |
| Binomial name | |
| Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873 | |
The giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum) is a stargazer of the family Uranoscopidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand and endemic to that area.[1]
It is commonly called monkfish, but this should not be confused with the Northern Hemisphere monkfish which is an entirely different genus of fish, Lophius, in another order, Lophiiformes.[2]
Names
[edit]In English, Kathetostoma giganteum is commonly known as the giant stargazer or the monkfish. In the indigenous Māori language, the fish is referred to as kourepoua,[3] moamoa[4] or pūwhara.[5]
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kathetostoma giganteum". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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