Brachionichthyidae

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Handfish
Rango fossile: 55–0 Ma Lutetian - Presente[1]
Brachionichthys hirsutus
Classification scientific
Dominio: Eukaryota
Regno: Animalia
Phylo: Chordata
Classe: Actinopterygii
Ordine: Lophiiformes
Familia
Brachionichthyidae
T. N. Gill, 1878
Generes:

Brachionichthys
Brachiopsilus
Histionotophorus
Pezichthys
Sympterichthys
Thymichthys

Brachionichthyidae es un familia de pisce Lophiiformes. Contine actualmente 5 generes e 14 species.[2]

Son appellate manopisces proque son capabile de ambular sul fundo marin.

Distribution[modificar | modificar fonte]

Se trova hodie in sudest costas de Australia e circum insula de Tasmania.[3]

Conservation stato[modificar | modificar fonte]

Referentias[modificar fonte]

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560.  Archived julio 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species" (2009). Zootaxa 2252: 1–77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2252.1.1. 
  3. Family Brachionichthyidae. Museums Victoria.
  4. Brachionichthys hirsutus — Spotted Handfish. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Australia). Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
  5. 5,0 5,1 Thymichthys politus - Red Handfish. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Australia). Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
  6. Brachiopsilus ziebelli — Ziebell's Handfish, Waterfall Bay Handfish. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Australia). Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.