Australian stinkfish

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

The Australian stinkfish (Callionymus australis) also known as the Northwestern Australian sawspine dragonet, 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callionymus australis". FishBase. February 2013 version.


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