Australian stinkfish

Australian stinkfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species: C. australis
Binomial name
Callionymus australis
R. Fricke, 1983

Callionymus australis, the Australian stinkfish, is a species of dragonet only found in the Indian Ocean off of northwestern Australia. This species grows to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus australis" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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