星点宽尾鳞鲀为辐鳍鱼纲鲀形目鳞鲀亚目鳞鲀科的其中一种，分布于印度西太平洋区，从红海、东非至东南亚，北起日本，南迄澳洲；东大西洋南非及圣赫勒拿岛海域，栖息深度61-180公尺，本鱼体椭圆，尾鳍上下叶延长，鳞片在胸鳍基部逐渐增大，且在鳃缝正后方形成一个柔韧有弹性的鼓膜，在后部身体有的鳞片突出形成纵向的脊，背鳍硬棘3枚;背鳍软条25-27枚;臀鳍软条24-26枚，体长可达60公分，栖息在沿岸沙泥底质、藻类、海绵生长的水域，以底栖无脊椎动物为食，生活习性不明，可作为食用鱼及观赏鱼。

The starry triggerfish (Abalistes stellaris), or flat-tailed triggerfish, is a tropical, harmless, oviparous bottom dweller, characterized by some white spots along the spinal dark band. The tail is dorsoventral and looks very thin, when looked upon in profile. There is a deep groove in front of the eye. The background colour is grey with olivegreen spots. Its mitochondrial DNA has been sequenced by the University of Tokyo, Japan.