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''Foetorepus'' is a
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dragonet Dragonets are small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek language, Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are Benthos, ...
s. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of ''
Synchiropus ''Synchiropus'' is a genus of fish in the family Callionymidae found mainly in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Species There are currently 44 recognized species in this genus: * '' Synchiropus atrilabiatus'' ( Garman, 1899) (An ...
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Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' 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 ''Foetorepus'' is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of ''Synchiropus''. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Foetorepus aga ...
'' Nakabo, 1983 * ''
Foetorepus masudai ''Foetorepus'' is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of ''Synchiropus''. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Foetorepus aga ...
'' Nakabo, 1987 * ''
Foetorepus paxtoni ''Foetorepus'' is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of ''Synchiropus''. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * ''Foetorepus agas ...
'' ( R. Fricke, 2000) * ''
Foetorepus phasis The bight stinkfish (''Foetorepus phasis'') is a dragonet of the family Callionymidae, found in the eastern Indian and southwest Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic di ...
'' ( Günther, 1880) (Bight stinkfish) * ''
Foetorepus talarae ''Foetorepus'' is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of ''Synchiropus''. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Foetorepus aga ...
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& F. O. Barton, 1949)


References

Callionymidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley {{Callionymidae-stub