Smooth Stargazer

Kathetostoma averruncus Jordan & Bollman 1890

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Biology

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Found on bottom. Feeds mainly on other fishes. Young are pelagic and eaten by large predatory fishes such as tunas. Spine above pectoral fin probably slightly venomous.

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aquarium: commercial

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