Foetorepus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:323 Masc. Callionymus calauropomus Richardson 1844. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Synchiropus Gill 1859 -- (Fricke 1981:18 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:74 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:563 [ref. 8349]). •Synonym of Synchiropus Gill 1859, but a valid subgenus Foetorepus -- (Fricke 2002:51, 102 [ref. 26547]). •Valid as Foetorepus Whitley 1931 -- (Houde 1984:637 [ref. 13674], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:343 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 1987 [ref. 6375], Nakabo & McKay 1989 [ref. 16169], Gomon et al. 1994:777 [ref. 22532], Nakabo & Hartel 1999:114 [ref. 23704], Hartel & Nakabo 2003:1776 [ref. 27110], Hoese & Bray 2006:1583 [ref. 29000], Gomon & Yearsley 2008:743 [ref. 30631], Kottelat 2013:385 [ref. 32989], Struthers 2015:1558 [ref. 34302]). Current status: Synonym of Synchiropus Gill 1859. Callionymidae.