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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Antennarioidei
Familia: Brachionichthyidae
Genus: Sympterichthys
Species: S. moultoni – S. unipennis
Name

Sympterichthys Gill, 1878

Gender: masculine

Type species: Lophius laevis Lacepède, 1804 (= Chironectes unipennis Cuvier, 1817) by original designation.
References

Gill, T. N. (1878) Note on the Antennariidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 1 (no. 31): 221–222.
Last, P.R.; Gledhill, D.C. 2009: A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa, 2252: 1–77. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Links

Sympterichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Sympterichthys is a genus in the handfish family Brachionichthyidae[1] with these species:[2]
Species

Sympterichthys moultoni Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Moulton's handfish)
Sympterichthys unipennis (G. Cuvier, 1817) (Smooth handfish) (likely extinct)[3]

References

Last, P.R.; Gledhill, D.C. 2009: A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa, 2252: 1-77. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sympterichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
Last, P.R.; Edgar, G.; Stuart-Smith, R. (2020). "Sympterichthys unipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123423283A123424374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123423283A123424374.en. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

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