A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1666, 2007, Pages 53-68

  Last, Peter R ^a   Gledhill, Daniel C ^a   Holmes, Bronwyn H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antennarioidei; Brachionichthyidae; Brachionichthys australis; Brachionichthys hirsutus; Handfishes; Lophiiformes; New species; Southern australia

Indexed keywords

ANTENNARIOIDEI; BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE; BRACHIONICHTHYS; BRACHIONICHTHYS HIRSUTUS; ILLICIUM; LOPHIIFORMES; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 38149061298     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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