Callionymus goodladi (Whitley, 1944)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Goodlad's stinkfish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:13:45.196403+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Callionymus goodladi (Whitley, 1944)
- Name authority
- (Whitley, 1944)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Callionymiformes
- Family
- Callionymidae
- Genus
- Callionymus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCallionymiformes
- familyCallionymidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusCallionymus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCallionymus goodladi (Whitley, 1944)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Callionymus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Callionymus stigmatopareius Fricke, 1981 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus oxycephalus Fricke, 1980 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus scaber McCulloch, 1926 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus scabriceps Fowler, 1941 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus regani Nakabo, 1979 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus acutirostris Fricke, 1981 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus simplicicornis Valenciennes, 1837 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus sokonumeri Kamohara, 1936 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus zythros Fricke, 2000 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus rivatoni Fricke, 1993 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callionymus sphinx Fricke & Heckele, 1984 | CallionymidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pseudocalliurichthys goodladi (Whitley, 1944) (Whitley, 1944) | synonym |
| Calliurichthys goodladi Whitley, 1944 Whitley, 1944 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273184 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:PR73. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.