Biology:Crapatalus munroi

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Crapatalus munroi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
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 bony 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Crapatalus munroi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. Dianne J. Bray. "Crapatalus munroi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/507. Retrieved 17 Jun 2018. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39608195#page/80/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2091195 entry