Goodlad's stinkfish

Goodlad's stinkfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species: C. goodladi
Binomial name
Callionymus goodladi
(Whitley, 1944)

Callionymus goodladi, Goodlad's stinkfish, is a species of dragonet native to the waters off of northwestern Australia. This bottom-dwelling species is also found in the aquarium trade. This species grows to a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) TL.[1]

Discovered in Western Australia by Matt Goodlad, who was a Shetland Islander who migrated to Western Australia in the 1920s with his brother James. They both worked for the govt fisheries dept at some stage as inspectors.

References

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


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