Leptoscopidae

Robust pygmy-stargazer

Crapatalus munroi

Burying in pale sand

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Small
• Tropical fish

Crapatalus munroi, the robust pygmy stargazer or Munro's Pygmy-stargazer, is a species of demersal marine ray-finned fish from the family Leptoscopidae. 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. It occurs in shallow water over pale coloured sand, where it buries itself in the substrate.