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| Bight stinkfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Foetorepus |
| Species: | F. phasis |
| Binomial name | |
| Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Callionymus phasis Günther, 1880 | |
The bight stinkfish (Foetorepus phasis) is a species of 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.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Foetorepus phasis". 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.