| Giant stargazer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
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.
References
- "Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873". fishbase.org.
- "New Zealand Monkfish".
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kathetostoma giganteum". 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
| Endemic marine fish of New Zealand | |
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