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Halieutaea stellata

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


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