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Kathetostoma

Kathetostoma is a genus of bony fish from the family Uranoscopidae, the stargazers. They are demersal predators which are found in the western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, with most species around Australia and New Zealand.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Common Stargazer

speciesKathetostoma laeve

Smooth Stargazer

speciesKathetostoma averruncus

Lancer Stargazer

speciesKathetostoma albigutta

New Zealand Monkfish

speciesKathetostoma giganteum

Banded Stargazer

speciesKathetostoma binigrasella

Speckled Stargazer

speciesKathetostoma canaster

Deepwater Stargazer

speciesKathetostoma nigrofasciatum

Kathetostoma cubanum

speciesKathetostoma cubanum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89219.