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Estuary stargazer

Estuary stargazer
Leptoscopus macropygus (Estuary stargazer).gif
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Leptoscopus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Species: L. macropygus
Binomial name
Leptoscopus macropygus
(J. Richardson, 1846)
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. It occurs at depths between a few and 60 m. This species can reach a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) FL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.


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