Global InformationWhiskered prowfish information
| Whiskered prowfish | |
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| A Whiskered Prowfish, Neopataecus waterhousii, found washed ashore at Harmers Haven, Victoria, January 2020 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Pataecidae |
| Genus: | Neopataecus Steindachner, 1884 |
| Species: | N. waterhousii
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| Binomial name | |
| Neopataecus waterhousii (Castelnau, 1872)
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The whiskered prowfish (Neopataecus waterhousii) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an Australian prowfish belonging to the family Pataecidae. It is endemic to the coastal waters of southern Australia. This species is the only member of the monotypic genus Neopataecus.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Neopaaecus waterhousii" in FishBase. February 2022 version.