Foetorepus

Foetorepus is a genus of dragonets.^[1] The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of Synchiropus.^[2]

Foetorepus
Spotfin Dragonet (F. agassizii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Foetorepus Whitley, 1931
Type species
Callionymus calauropomus J. Richardson, 1844
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Yerutius Whitley, 1931

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Foetorepus agassizii (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1888) (Spotfin dragonet)
• Foetorepus calauropomus (J. Richardson, 1844) (Common stinkfish)
• Foetorepus dagmarae (R. Fricke, 1985)
• Foetorepus garthi (Seale, 1940)
• Foetorepus kamoharai Nakabo, 1983
• Foetorepus masudai Nakabo, 1987
• Foetorepus paxtoni (R. Fricke, 2000)
• Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880) (Bight stinkfish)
• Foetorepus talarae (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)