Banded Stonelifter

Kathetostoma laeve

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth27–103 m
Water temperature11–23 °C
Best monthsAugust, October, and November
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 22 records
February: 34 records
March: 54 records
April: 38 records
May: 44 records
June: 27 records
July: 32 records
August: 65 records
September: 23 records
October: 66 records
November: 57 records
December: 35 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 27–103 m · Deepest record: 405 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 23 records
30–40 m: 72 records
40–50 m: 38 records
50–60 m: 116 records
60–70 m: 35 records
70–80 m: 6 records
80–90 m: 3 records
90–100 m: 5 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110+ m: 29 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–23 °C

10–12 °C: 5 records
12–14 °C: 30 records
14–16 °C: 57 records
16–18 °C: 74 records
18–20 °C: 123 records
20–22 °C: 164 records
22–24 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Banded Stonelifter, Barred Stargazer, Common Stargazer, Eastern Stargazer, Southern Stargazer, stonelifter

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ナメラミシマ

Other scientific names: Uranoscopus laevis

Similar species

flathead
Kathetostoma giganteum
Speckled Stargazer
Kathetostoma canaster
Banded Stargazer
Kathetostoma binigrasella
Blackbanded Stargazer
Kathetostoma nigrofasciatum
Spotted stargazer
Genyagnus monopterygius
Uranoscopus cognatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
504 open-data records from 1898 to 2008.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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