Estuary stargazer

Estuary stargazer
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Leptoscopus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Species: L. macropygus
Binomial name
Leptoscopus macropygus
(J. Richardson, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Uranoscopus macropygus J. Richardson, 1846

Leptoscopus macropygus, the estuary stargazer, is a species of southern sandfish endemic to the Pacific waters around New Zealand.[1] It occurs at depths between a few and 60 m. This species can reach a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) FL.[1] It is currently the only known member of its genus.

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Leptoscopus macropygus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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