Giant stargazer

Giant stargazer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
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

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

  1. ^ "Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873". fishbase.org.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Monkfish".
  3. ^ "Kourepoua". Te Aka Māori Dictionary.
  4. ^ "Moamoa". Te Aka Māori Dictionary.
  5. ^ "Pūwhara". Te Aka Māori Dictionary.


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