Southern sandfish
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 Estuary stargazer, Leptoscopus macropygus
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The southern sandfishes are a family, Leptoscopidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.
[edit] Genera and species
- Genus Crapatalus Günther, 1861
- Slender stargazer, Crapatalus angusticeps (Hutton, 1874)
- Robust pygmy-stargazer, Crapatalus munroi Last and Edgar, 1987
- New Zealand sand stargazer, Crapatalus novaezelandiae Günther, 1861
- Genus Leptoscopus Gill, 1859
- Genus Lesueurina Fowler, 1908
- Flathead pygmy-stargazer, Lesueurina platycephala Fowler, 1908
[edit] References
- "Leptoscopidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Leptoscopidae (TSN 171030). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 26 March 2006.
