Phallostethus is a small genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae native to freshwater and brackish habitats in southeast Asia.

Phallostethus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Phallostethidae
Subfamily: Phallostethinae
Genus: Phallostethus
Regan, 1913
Type species
Phallostethus dunckeri
Regan, 1913[1]
Species

3 recognized species, see article.

Species

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The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Phallostethus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phallostethus". FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. ^ a b Shibukawa, K., Tran, D.D. & Tran, L.X. (2012): Phallostethus cuulong, a new species of priapiumfish (Actinopterygii: Atheriniformes: Phallostethidae) from the Vietnamese Mekong. Zootaxa, 3363: 45–51.