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Estuary stargazer

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Estuary stargazer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Leptoscopus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Species:
L. macropygus
Binomial name
Leptoscopus macropygus
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. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leptoscopus macropygus". 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
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