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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Leptoscopidae |
| Genus: | Crapatalus |
| Species: | C. munroi
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| Crapatalus munroi | |
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Crapatalus munroi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Crapatalus munroi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 Jun 2018.
- ^ 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.