Southern sandfish
| Southern sandfishes | |
|---|---|
| Estuary stargazer, Leptoscopus macropygus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Eupercaria |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Suborder: | Uranoscopoidei |
| Family: | Leptoscopidae T. N. Gill, 1859 |
| Genera | |
The southern sandfishes are a family, Leptoscopidae, of labriform ray-finned fishes inhabiting the Indian and Pacific Ocean coastal waters of Australia and New Zealand.