Starry handfish
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The “kutsu” in the Japanese name akagutsu means frog or toad.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Starry handfish
- Scientific name
- Halieutaea stellata
- Japanese name
- アカグツ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Ogcocephalidae
- Genus
- Halieutaea
Where the name “Starry handfish” comes from
Some sources say “kutsu” refers to “kutsu-ankou,” another Japanese name for an anglerfish.
鳥羽水族館A fish that lives from the coasts of Japan, from Aomori to Kyushu, to Korea, China, Taiwan and the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- Seto Inland Sea, East China Sea, southern Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, Taiwan, Indo-West Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Starry handfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アカグツ
- 简体中文
- 棘茄鱼
- 繁體中文
- 棘茄魚
- 한국어
- 빨강부치
- Español
- Pez murciélago estrellado
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-morcego-estrelado
- Русский
- Красная рыба-лопата
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アカグツChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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