Starry handfish
| Starry handfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 and 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.
Takeshima Aquarium, Aichi pref. Japan, 2015
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