Biology:Dibrachichthys
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Short description: Species of fish
| Dibrachichthys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Tetrabrachiidae |
| Genus: | Dibrachichthys Pietsch, J. W. Johnson & R. J. Arnold, 2009 |
| Species: | D. melanurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dibrachichthys melanurus Pietsch, J. W. Johnson & R. J. Arnold, 2009
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Dibrachichthys melanurus is a species of four-armed frogfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean near to Indonesia and Australia where they are found over soft bottoms at depths of 6 to 146 metres (20 to 479 ft). The males of this species grow to a length of 5.7 centimetres (2.2 in) SL while the females grow to a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Dibrachichthys melanurus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5272286 entry
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