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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderLophiiformes
  4. ›familyBrachionichthyidae
  5. ›genusPezichthys
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Cockatoo Handfish

Pezichthys amplispinus Last & Gledhill, 2009

Also calledPeixe-mão-cacatua (por)

First described in: Last, P.; 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.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2414429.