title: Foetorepus
text: # Foetorepus
  
  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 11 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Foetorepus agassizii (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1888) (Spotfin dragonet)
  * Foetorepus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Red dragonet)
  * Foetorepus apricus (McCulloch, 1926)
  * Foetorepus australis Nakabo & McKay, 1989
  * Foetorepus calauropomus (J. Richardson, 1844) (Common stinkfish)
  * Foetorepus dagmarae (R. Fricke, 1985)
  * Foetorepus garthi (Seale, 1940)
  * Foetorepus masudai Nakabo, 1987
  * Foetorepus paxtoni (R. Fricke, 2000)
  * Foetorepus phasis (Günther, 1880) (Bight stinkfish)
  * Foetorepus talarae (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
  