Dibrachichthys melanurus

Dibrachichthys melanurus
Conservation status
	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.

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Dibrachichthys melanurus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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