Crapatalus munroi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Leptoscopidae |
Genus: | Crapatalus |
Species: | C. munroi
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Binomial name | |
Crapatalus munroi |
Crapatalus munroi, the robust pygmy stargazer or Munro's Pygmy-stargazer, is a species of demersal marine ray-finned fish from the family Leptoscopidae.[1] It is found in southern Australia from the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria to the Great Australian Bight in South Australia and south to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel in Tasmania.[2] It occurs in shallow water over pale coloured sand,[1] where it buries itself in the substrate.[3] The specific name honours the Australian ichthyologist Ian Stafford Ross Munro who discovered the species.[3]