Crapatalus munroi

Crapatalus munroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Leptoscopidae
Genus: Crapatalus
Species:
C. munroi
Binomial name
Crapatalus munroi
Last & Edgar, 1987

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]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crapatalus munroi". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Crapatalus munroi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 Jun 2018.
  3. ^ a b P.R. Last; G.J. Edgar (1987). "New Australian fishes. Part 16. A new species of Crapatalus (Leptoscopidae)". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 48 (1): 73–74.