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Dibranchus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei
Superfamilia: Ogcocephaloidea
Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Dibranchus
Species: D. accinctus - D. atlanticus - D. cracens - D. discors - D. erinaceus - D. hystrix - D. japonicus - D. nudivomer - D. sparsus - D. spinosus - D. spongiosa - D. tremendus - D. velutinus

Incertae sedis

* Dibranchus nasutus Alcock, 1891
* Dibranchus nudiventer Lloyd, 1909
* Dibranchus obscurus Brauer, 1906


Name

Dibranchus Peters, 1876

Gender: masculine

Type species: Dibranchus atlanticus Peters, 1876, by monotypy.

Synonyms

* Dibranchopsis Garman, 1899
* Dibranchichthys Garman, 1899


References

* Peters, W. (C. H.) (1876) Über eine neue, mit Halieutaea verwandte Fischgattung, Dibranchus, aus dem atlantischen Ocean. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1875: 736-742, 1 pl.
* Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF


Links

* Dibranchus Report on ITIS

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