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Brachionichthyidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Lophiiformes
family
Brachionichthyidae

Name

Synonyms
Brachyionichthyidae
Brachyonichtyidae
Homonyms
Brachionichthyidae
Common names
handfishes in English
handfishes in English
warty anglers in English
warty anglers in English
handfishes in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. CoL2006/FishBase
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., 1984: null. Fishes of the World, Second Edition. xv + 523.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  8. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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