Biology:Giant stargazer
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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae |
| Genus: | Kathetostoma |
| Species: | K. giganteum
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| Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873
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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
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
- ↑ "Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873". fishbase.org. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Kathetostoma-giganteum.html.
- ↑ "New Zealand Monkfish". http://www.fooduniversity.com/foodu/seafood_c/resources/ocean%20fin/Cold%20Water/Monkfish/NewZealandMonk.htm.
- ↑ Template:Māori Dictionary
- ↑ Template:Māori Dictionary
- ↑ Template:Māori Dictionary
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Kathetostoma giganteum" in 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
Template:Fish of New Zealand Wikidata ☰ Q929404 entry
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