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Family: Leptoscopidae Southern sandfishes



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5 species (see list below)

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Southwest Pacific
 
Crapatalus angusticeps
[Slender stargazer]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Crapatalus munroi
[Robust pygmy-stargazer]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Crapatalus novaezelandiae
[]

Photo by McDowall, R.M.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm FL
Leptoscopus macropygus (Richardson, 1846)

Photo by McDowall, R.M.
 
Leptoscopus macropygus
[Estuary stargazer]

Photo by Dowling, C.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm SL
Lesueurina platycephala Fowler, 1908

Photo by Dowling, C.
 
Lesueurina platycephala
[Flathead pygmy-stargazer]
5 Species of Family Leptoscopidae
(Southern sandfishes)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1874 Crapatalus angusticeps Slender stargazer Southwest Pacific
1987 Crapatalus munroi Robust pygmy-stargazer Eastern Indian Ocean 12 TL
1861 Crapatalus novaezelandiae Southwest Pacific
1846 Leptoscopus macropygus Estuary stargazer Southwest Pacific 17 FL
1908 Lesueurina platycephala Flathead pygmy-stargazer Indo-West Pacific 11 SL



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