Estuary stargazer

Estuary stargazer

Taxobox
name = Estuary stargazer


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Leptoscopidae
genus = "Leptoscopus"
genus_authority = Gill, 1859
species = "L. macropygus"
binomial = "Leptoscopus macropygus"
binomial_authority = (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.

The estuary stargazer has a long tapering body and a large scaleless head, large pectoral fins, and long low dorsal and anal fins. The lateral line is very conspicuous, being composed of large leaf-shaped scales each with a distinct central ridge.

Coloration is grey or grey-green above with scattered black dots, and there are two longitudinal scalloped black stripes, one running along the lateral line and the second above it, and it has a white belly.

These fish bury themselves in the bottom sediments to conceal themselves from their prey, which is crabs, molluscs, and worms, as well as small fishes.

References

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* 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


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