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Goodlad's stinkfish

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

Calliurichthys goodladi Whitley, 1944

Goodlad's stinkfish (Callionymus goodladi) 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 Shetlander who migrated to Western Australia in the 1920s with his brother James. They both worked for the government fisheries dept at some stage as inspectors.

References

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