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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.
Dactylagnus mundus, the giant sand stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer found in the Gulf of California and along the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California to Panama as well as around the Galapagos Islands. It prefers sandy beaches down to a depth of about 5 metres (16 ft) and occasionally down to 15 metres (49 ft).
Lengths range from 18 up to 90 cm, for the giant stargazer Kathetostoma giganteum. Stargazers are venomous; they have two large venomous spines situated behind their opercles and above their pectoral fins. The species within the genera Astroscopus and Uranoscopus can also cause electric shocks.
Kathetostoma binigrasella Gomon & Roberts, 2011 - Banded stargazer; Kathetostoma canaster Gomon & Last, 1987; Kathetostoma cubana Barbour, 1941 Spiny stargazer, Kathetostoma fluviatilis Hutton, 1872 River stargazer; Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873 Giant stargazer; Kathetostoma laeve (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Common stargazer,
Dactylagnus mundus T. N. Gill, 1863 (Giant sand stargazer) ... 1976 (Panamic stargazer) Dactylagnus peratikos J. E. Böhlke & D. K. Caldwell, 1961; References
The giant sand stargazer (Dactylagnus mundus) is the largest at 15 cm in length; all other species are under 10 cm. These blennies are named well: sand stargazers have protruding eyes on the top of their heads, fixed in an upward gaze, and may be on stalks. Their large mouths are also upturned.
Lophius was first proposed as a genus by Carl Linnaeus when he described Lophius piscatorius in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae given as "in Oceano Europæo", meaning the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Seas with localities mentioned including Bordeaux, Marseille and Montpellier in France; Genoa, Rome, Naples and Venice in Italy; Lesbos in Greece; and Syria.
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