Estuary stargazer

Estuary stargazer
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.

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