Kathetostoma laeve Common stargazer

Kathetostoma laeve is commonly referred to as Common stargazer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

12997 

AphiaID:

275993 

Scientific:

Kathetostoma laeve 

German:

Gewohnlicher Himmelsgucker, Gewöhnlicher Sternengucker 

English:

Common Stargazer 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Uranoscopidae (Family) > Kathetostoma (Genus) > laeve (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Bass Strait, Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Australian Bigh, New South Wales (Australia), South-Pazific, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), Victoria (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

0 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.53" (75 cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 20,2 °F (15°C - 20,2°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Kathetostoma albigutta
• Kathetostoma averruncus
• Kathetostoma binigrasella
• Kathetostoma canaster
• Kathetostoma cubana
• Kathetostoma fluviatilis
• Kathetostoma giganteum
• 
  Kathetostoma laeve
  Gewohnlicher Himmelsgucker, Gewöhnlicher Sternengucker
• Kathetostoma nigrofasciatum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-05-02 22:10:45 

Last edit:

2020-05-03 17:08:02 

Toxicity

Kathetostoma laeve is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Kathetostoma laeve, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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