Giant stargazer
Kingdom
Phylum
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Kathetostoma giganteum
Life Span
20 years
Length
46-90
18.1-35.4
cminch
cm inch 

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.

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.

Geography

References

1. Giant stargazer Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_stargazer

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