Foetorepus
Appearance
Foetorepus | |
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Spotfin Dragonet (F. agassizii) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Callionymiformes |
Family: | Callionymidae |
Genus: | Foetorepus Whitley, 1931 |
Type species | |
Callionymus calauropomus J. Richardson, 1844
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Yerutius Whitley, 1931 |
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 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Foetorepus agassizii (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1888) (Spotfin dragonet)
- Foetorepus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Red dragonet)
- Foetorepus apricus (McCulloch, 1926)
- Foetorepus australis Nakabo & McKay, 1989
- Foetorepus calauropomus (J. Richardson, 1844) (Common stinkfish)
- Foetorepus dagmarae (R. Fricke, 1985)
- Foetorepus garthi (Seale, 1940)
- Foetorepus masudai Nakabo, 1987
- Foetorepus paxtoni (R. Fricke, 2000)
- Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880) (Bight stinkfish)
- Foetorepus talarae (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
References
- ^ http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=genus&genid=6488 [dead link]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Foetorepus". FishBase. June 2016 version.