Dibrachichthys melanurus Pietsch, Johnson & Arnold, 2009
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Dibrachichthys is a monospecific genus belonging to the subfamily Tetrabrachiinae, the four-armed frogfishes. The only species in the genus is Dibrachichthys melanurus, the twoarm humpback anglerfish, which is found in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Wikipedia contributors, Dibrachichthys; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:31:39.323177+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dibrachichthys melanurus Pietsch, Johnson & Arnold, 2009
- Name authority
- Pietsch, Johnson & Arnold, 2009
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Tetrabrachiidae
- Genus
- Dibrachichthys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderLophiiformes
- suborderAntennarioidei
- familyTetrabrachiidae Regan, 1912
- genusDibrachichthys Pietsch, Johnson & Arnold, 2009
- speciesDibrachichthys melanurus Pietsch, Johnson & Arnold, 2009
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pietsch, T. W., Johnson, J. W., & Arnold, R. J. (2009). A new genus and species of the shallow-water anglerfish family Tetrabrachiidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes. Antennarioidei) from Australia and Indonesia. Copeia, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1643/ci-08-192 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:35GW5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.