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> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Uranoscopidae (Stargazers)
Etymology: Kathetostoma: Greek, kathetos, -on = lime + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); binigrasella: The specific name binigrasella, from the Latin bi for ‘two’, nigra for ‘dark’ and sella for ‘saddle’ refers to the broad dark brown saddle-like bands dorsally on the body that are obvious features distinguishing this species from its New Zealand congener..

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

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 10 - 500 m (Ref. 86516), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 86516). Temperate

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Pacific Ocean: endemic to New Zealand.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 86516)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total): 15-17; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 16; Vértebra: 30 - 31. Head and body broad, head width 1.2-1.7 times its length, covered with tiny blunt knobs in juveniles to almost smooth in adults; mouth with several prominent canines between smaller canines; chin smooth; 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; 17-19 gill rakers on first arch in the form of patches of fine teeth, patches broad, about six to ten teeth across patches, not in distinct rows, innermost teeth rather short; dorsal fin of moderate length, its base 43-66% of predorsal length; pelvic fins large, their length 23-28% SL; body whitish below usually with two broad, vertical, dark-brown, variously distinct bands or saddles across back, most distinct in juveniles and small adults (Ref. 86516).

Found on sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 86516).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Gomon, M.F. and C.D. Roberts, 2011. A second New Zealand species of the stargazer genus Kathetostoma (Trachinoidei: Uranoscopidae). Zootaxa 2776:1-12. (Ref. 86516)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Kathetostoma binigrasella Gomon & Roberts, 2011