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Kathetostoma giganteum Haast, 1873

Giant stargazer
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Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes(গণ , প্রজাতি ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Etymology: Kathetostoma: Greek, kathetos, -on = lime + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

সামুদ্রিক তলদেশ বিহারী; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 30 - 600 m (Ref. 58489).   Temperate; 34°S - 52°S, 158°E - 174°W

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Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: Lm 47.5, range 45 - 50 cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 9988); common length : 46.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 9049); সর্বোচ্চ উলি্ল্লখিত বয়স : 20 বৎসর (Ref. 9072)

Short description সনাক্তকারী নির্দেশক | বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান | মরফোমেট্রিক্স

পৃষ্ঠীয় নরম পাখনা দন্ড (মোট ) : 17 - 19; পায়ূর নরম পাখনা্তুন্ড: 17 - 18; কশেরুকা : 33 - 34. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 17-19; A 17-18; vertebrae 33-34; body rather elongate, tapering from a moderately broad, flat, bony head (width 1.1-1.4 times its length) covered with tiny blunt spines in juveniles to low radiating ridges in adults; small eyes directed upwards; bony orbital rim separated medially by naked rectangular space; mouth large, vertical, with several prominent canines between smaller canines; chin smooth; lips with short ridge-like crenulations; ventral margin of preopercle with four spine-like processes; anterior end of isthmus with a pair of prominent forward directed spines; prominent cleithral spine sheathed with skin above pectoral fin base; gill rakers on first arch 14-17, in the form of patches of fine teeth, patches narrow, teeth in three or four rows, innermost row rather long; no scales; lateral line pores in skin high on side close to base of dorsal fin; dorsal fin low, elongate, its base 67-82% of predorsal length; pectoral fins huge, fan-like; pelvic fins moderately large, length 20-25% SL (Ref. 86516).

জীববিজ্ঞান     শব্দকোষ (উদাহরণ স্বরূপ epibenthic)

Reported from depths between 30 m (Ref. 58489) and 600 m (Ref. 9258). Buries in sea bed until suitable prey passes by. Utilized fresh and frozen; can be steamed, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট

Main reference Upload your references | সূত্র সংখ্যা | সমম্বয়কারী | সহযোগী

Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994. Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand, 216 p. (Ref. 9258)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.8 - 14.3, mean 11.2 (based on 62 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00663 - 0.02390), b=3.02 (2.85 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.58 se; based on food items.
স্থিতিস্থাপক (Ref. 120179):  মাধ্যম , সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১.৪-৪.৪ বৎসর (tm=3; tmax=20).
Prior r = 0.34, 95% CL = 0.22 - 0.51, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.