Slender stargazer

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Slender stargazer
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Crapatalus
Species:
C. angusticeps
Binomial name
Crapatalus angusticeps
(F. W. Hutton, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
  • Leptoscopus angusticepsF. W. Hutton, 1874

Crapatalus angusticeps, the slender stargazer, is a species of southern sandfish endemic to the Pacific waters around New Zealand. [1] It can be found at depths between a few and 60 m.

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crapatalus angusticeps". FishBase . December 2013 version.