The Queensland stinkfish (''Callionymus moretonensis'') is a
species
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of
dragonet native to the western
Pacific Ocean
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where it can be found in the waters off of northwestern
Australia
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,
Papua New Guinea
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and
Melanesia
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The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...
. This species can be found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
TL.
References
M
Fish described in 1971
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