Foetorepus

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Foetorepus
Spotfin Dragonet (F. agassizii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Foetorepus
Whitley, 1931
Type species
Callionymus calauropomus
J. Richardson, 1844
Species

See text.

Foetorepus is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of Synchiropus.[1]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Foetorepus agassizii (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1888) (Spotfin dragonet)
  • Foetorepus calauropomus (J. Richardson, 1844) (Common stinkfish)
  • Foetorepus dagmarae (R. Fricke, 1985)
  • Foetorepus garthi (Seale, 1940)
  • Foetorepus kamoharai Nakabo, 1983
  • Foetorepus masudai Nakabo, 1987
  • Foetorepus paxtoni (R. Fricke, 2000)
  • Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880) (Bight stinkfish)
  • Foetorepus talarae (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
  • Foetorepus valdiviae (Trunov, 1981)

References

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