Estuary stargazer

Short description: Species of fish

Estuary stargazer

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Trachiniformes
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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Leptoscopus macropygus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8

Wikidata ☰ Q2951999 entry

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