Handfishes
Brachionichthyinae
Handfish or warty frogfish are marine, ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Brachionichthyinae, a group that comprises five genera and 14 extant species and is classified within the frogfish family Antennariidae in the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. These benthic, marine fish are unusual in the way that in addition to swimming, they also use their pectoral fins to "walk" on the sea floor.
5 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Brachionichthys
genusBrachionichthys
Thymichthys
genusThymichthys
Brachiopsilus
genusBrachiopsilus
Pezichthys
genusPezichthys
Sympterichthys
genusSympterichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1630717.