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Slender stargazer

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Slender stargazer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Crapatalus
Species:
C. angusticeps
Binomial name
Crapatalus angusticeps
(F. W. Hutton, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptoscopus angusticeps F. W. Hutton, 1874

Crapatalus angusticeps, the slender stargazer, is a species of southern sandfish endemic to the Pacific waters around New Zealand.[1] It can be found at depths between a few and 60 m.

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Crapatalus angusticeps" 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