| Citation | Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001, Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae.. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. |
| Ref. | 48637 Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001 |
| Page | 816 |
| Named Used as Valid | Abalistes stellatus |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific |
| Quote | mud and silt sand bottoms; Adults on deep coastal slopes and usually seen swimming high above the bottom, sometimes found in estuaries. Juveniles in sheltered coastal bays and estuaries with outcrops of rubble or debris on open substrates; Starry triggerfish, |