Giant stargazer explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873. fishbase.org.
  2. Web site: New Zealand Monkfish.