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Goodlad's stinkfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Callionymidae

Scientific name
  
Callionymus goodladi

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Callionymus

Rank
  
Species

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.

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

Goodlad's stinkfish Wikipedia