Estuary stargazer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Leptoscopidae |
Genus: | Leptoscopus Gill, 1859 |
Species: | L. macropygus |
Binomial name | |
Leptoscopus macropygus (Richardson, 1846) |
The estuary stargazer, Leptoscopus macropygus, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, the only member of the genus Leptoscopus. It is found around New Zealand, at depths of between a few metres and 60 m. Its length is about 20 cm.