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Common Stargazer

Reference

IB3042

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Stargazers - URANOSCOPIDAE

Common Name

Common Stargazer

Scientific Name

Kathetostoma laeve

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Stargazers are perfectly adapted ambush predators, resting buried in the sediment with head and eyes just at the surface, and lunging out to snatch passing prey. Stargazers reach a maximm length of about 75 cm.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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