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Class: Teleostei
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae Dragonets

Genus: Foetorepus

(See list of species below)



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9 species
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Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 24.3 cm TL
Foetorepus agassizii (Goode & Bean, 1888)

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Foetorepus agassizii
[Spotfin dragonet]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Foetorepus calauropomus (Richardson, 1844)

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Foetorepus calauropomus
[Common stinkfish]

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Foetorepus dagmarae (Fricke, 1985)

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Foetorepus dagmarae
[Dagmar’s dragonet]
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Foetorepus garthi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm SL

 
Foetorepus kamoharai
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Foetorepus masudai Nakabo, 1987

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Foetorepus masudai
[Masuda’s dragonet]

Photo by Fricke, R.

Eastern Indian Ocean

Foetorepus paxtoni (Fricke, 2000)

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Foetorepus paxtoni
[Paxton’s dragonet]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880)

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Foetorepus phasis
[Bight stinkfish]
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Foetorepus talarae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Foetorepus agassizii Spotfin dragonet Western Atlantic 24.3 TL 1888
Foetorepus calauropomus Common stinkfish Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL 1844
Foetorepus dagmarae Dagmar’s dragonet Western Central Atlantic 25 SL 1985
Foetorepus garthi Southeast Pacific 1940
Foetorepus kamoharai Northwest Pacific 14 SL 1983
Foetorepus masudai Masuda’s dragonet Northwest Pacific 18 TL 1987
Foetorepus paxtoni Paxton’s dragonet Eastern Indian Ocean 2000
Foetorepus phasis Bight stinkfish Eastern Indian Ocean and 13 TL 1880
Foetorepus talarae Southeast Pacific 1949



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