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Kathetostoma averruncus
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Kathetostoma averruncus

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Kathetostoma averruncus
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0
Kathetostoma averruncus
Kathetostoma averruncus
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0
Kathetostoma averruncus

Kathetostoma averruncus
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0
Kathetostoma averruncus
Kathetostoma
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0
Kathetostoma
Kinds
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Overview
Main identification features
  • large eyes, on top of large square head
  • d: no spines
  • operculum: 1 large spine
  • body scaleless
KATHETOSTOMA

STARGAZERS

Body short, thick, tapering to rear; head large, square, top horizontal, some of bones with spines; eye large, on top of head; mouth large, vertical, lips with fringe of papillae; large venomous spine at upper edge of operculum; dorsal fin without spines; no scales.

A tropical to warm temperate genus with 7 species, occurring in the west Atlantic, eastern Indian Ocean and southwest Pacific as well as our region, which has 1 endemic species.


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