Bight stinkfish
The bight stinkfish, Foetorepus phasis, is a dragonet of the family Callionymidae, found in the eastern Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans, at depths of between 160 and 200 m. Length is up to 13 cm.
| Bight stinkfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Foetorepus |
| Species: | F. phasis |
| Binomial name | |
| Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Callionymus phasis Günther, 1880 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Foetorepus phasis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling; Geoffrey J. Cox (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Intl Specialized Book Service Inc. ISBN 9780002169875.
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