Dibrachichthys melanurus

Dibrachichthys melanurus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Tetrabrachiidae
Genus: Dibrachichthys
Pietsch, J. W. Johnson & R. J. Arnold, 2009
Species: D. melanurus
Binomial name
Dibrachichthys melanurus
Pietsch, J. W. Johnson & R. J. Arnold, 2009

Dibrachichthys melanurus is a species of four-armed frogfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean near to Indonesia and Australia where they are found over soft bottoms at depths of 6 to 146 metres (20 to 479 ft). The males of this species grow to a length of 5.7 centimetres (2.2 in) SL while the females grow to a length of 5.6 centimetres (2.2 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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