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Starry handfish

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Starry handfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutaea
Species:
H. stellata
Binomial name
Halieutaea stellata
(Vahl, 1797)

The starry handfish, Halieutaea stellata, is a batfish of the family Ogcocephalidae found on the continental shelves of the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths of between 50 and 400 m. They are up to 30 cm long.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Halieutaea stellata" 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
  • Halieutaea stellata by Kawahara Keiga, around 1825.
    Halieutaea stellata by Kawahara Keiga, around 1825.
  • Takeshima Aquarium, Aichi pref. Japan, 2015
    Takeshima Aquarium, Aichi pref. Japan, 2015
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