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.
Halieutaea stellata by Kawahara Keiga, around 1825.
Takeshima Aquarium, Aichi pref. Japan, 2015