Slender stargazer

Slender stargazer
Slender stargazer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Crapatalus
Species: C. angusticeps
Binomial name
Crapatalus angusticeps
(Hutton, 1874)

The slender stargazer, Crapatalus angusticeps, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, found around New Zealand at depths of between a few metres and 60 m.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Crapatalus angusticeps" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • 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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