Genera and species

• Genus Crapatalus Günther, 1861
  • Slender stargazer
    Slender stargazer
    The slender stargazer, Crapatalus angusticeps, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, found around New Zealand at depths of between a few metres and 60 m.-References:...
    
    , Crapatalus angusticeps (Hutton, 1874)
  • Robust pygmy-stargazer, Crapatalus munroi Last and Edgar, 1987
  • New Zealand sand stargazer
    New Zealand sand stargazer
    The New Zealand sand stargazer, Crapatalus novaezelandiae, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, found around New Zealand in shallow sandy areas, particularly harbours and estuaries...
    
    , Crapatalus novaezelandiae Günther, 1861
• Genus Leptoscopus Gill
  Theodore Gill
  Theodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
  
  , 1859
  • Estuary stargazer
    Estuary stargazer
    The estuary stargazer, Leptoscopus macropygus, is a southern sandfish of the family Leptoscopidae, the only member of the genus Leptoscopus. It is found around New Zealand, at depths of between a few metres and 60 m...
    
    , Leptoscopus macropygus (Richardson
    John Richardson (naturalist)
    Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
    
    , 1846)
• Genus Lesueurina Fowler, 1908
  • Flathead pygmy-stargazer, Lesueurina platycephala Fowler, 1908