Brachionichthys hirsutus

Brachionichthys hirsutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Antennarioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Antennarioidei

Familia: Brachionichthyidae
Genus: Brachionichthys
Species: Brachionichthys hirsutus

Name

Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804)

Synonyms

• Lophius hirsutus Lacepède, 1804, type not designated
• Chironectes punctatus Cuvier, 1817, lectotype MNHN A 4627

References

• Lacepède, B. G. E. (1804) Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle Hollande don't la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris v. 4: 184–211, 4 pls.
• Last, P. R., D. C. Gledhill, and B. H. Holmes (2007) A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa No. 1666: 53–68.
• Last, P.R.; Gledhill, D.C. 2009: A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa, 2252: 1–77. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Links

• Brachionichthys hirsutus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Brachionichthys hirsutus  (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Spotted handfish
español: Pez-mano moteado
Nordfriisk: Plaket hunfask
français: Poisson-main tacheté