Deepwater stargazer

Kathetostoma nigrofasciatum

Fish Reaching Twenty Eight Centimeters in the Eastern Indian Ocean

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Medium
Tropical fish

The deepwater stargazer (Kathetostoma nigrofasciatum) is a ray-finned fish species in the stargazer family, described in 1915. It is native to the Eastern Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Uranoscopidae
Genus: Kathetostoma
Maximum length: 28 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from southern Western Australia and South Australia.

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