Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Antennarioidei
Familia: Brachionichthyidae
Genus: Brachionichthys
Species: B. australis - B. hirsutus
Name
Brachionichthys Bleeker, 1855
Gender: masculine
Type species: Lophius hirsutus Lacepède, 1804, by subsequent designation of Gill, 1878.
References
* Bleeker, P. (1855) Over eenige visschen van van Diemensland. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 2: 1-30 + 31, 1 pl.
* 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 Report on ITIS
