Bight stinkfish

Foetorepus phasis

Thirteen Centimeters Callionymid Fish of the Indian Ocean

Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Small

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonets
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Foetorepus
Maximum length: 13 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific: southern Australia (from Western Australia to New South Wales, including Tasmania) and New Zealand.

Report a correction