Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae Dragonets

Genus: Foetorepus

(See list of species below)

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9 species (see list below)

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Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Foetorepus agassizii
[Spotfin dragonet]

Photo by FAO

Foetorepus calauropomus
[Common stinkfish]

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

Foetorepus dagmarae
[Dagmar’s dragonet]

No picture found
Southeast Pacific

Foetorepus garthi
[]

No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm SL

Foetorepus kamoharai
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Foetorepus masudai
[Masuda’s dragonet]

Photo by Fricke, R.

Foetorepus paxtoni
[Paxton’s dragonet]

Photo by CSIRO

Foetorepus phasis
[Bight stinkfish]

No picture found
Southeast Pacific

Foetorepus talarae
[]

9 Species of Family Callionymidae with Genus Foetorepus
(Dragonets)

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

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: PerciformesFamily: Callionymidae DragonetsGenus: Foetorepus(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae Dragonets

Genus: Foetorepus

(See list of species below)