Rhycherus

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: Antennariidae
Genus: Rhycherus
Species: R. filamentosus – R. gloveri
Name

Rhycherus Ogilby, 1907

Gender: masculine

Type species: Rhycherus wildii Ogilby, 1907, by monotypy.
References

Ogilby, J. D. (1907) Some new pediculate fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 20: 17–25.

Links

Rhycherus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Rhycherus is a genus of frogfishes found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Rhycherus filamentosus Castelnau, 1872 (Tasselled anglerfish)
Rhycherus gloveri Pietsch, 1984 (Glover's anglerfish)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Rhycherus in FishBase. April 2012 version.