Spotted stargazer
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| Spotted stargazer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Uranoscopidae |
| Genus: | Genyagnus |
| Species: | G. monopterygius |
| Binomial name | |
| Genyagnus monopterygius (Schneider, 1801) |
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The spotted stargazer, Genyagnus monopterygius, is a stargazer of the family Uranoscopidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand and other southern Pacific islands, at depths down to 100 m. Its length is up to 45 cm.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Genyagnus monopterygius" in 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
