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Brachionichthys
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Brachionichthys

Brachionichthys was, until recently, the only genus in the family Brachionichthyidae (commonly known as "handfishes"), but presently five genera are placed in this family of anglerfishes.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Spotted Handfish

speciesBrachionichthys hirsutus

Australian Spotted Handfish

speciesBrachionichthys australis

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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 87049.