349:. The skin is rough to the touch and is covered in small spiny scales. These small spines have two points, point straight out,and are placed close to the centre of the scale base. The scale bases are star-shaped or roughly circular and are embedded in the skins, although the small spines fork well above skin surface. If dermal appendages are present they are typically restricted to arm-like pectoral-fin. There are no wart-like protuberances on the skin and the sensory scales are variably delineated. They tend to be uniform in colour with small markings or with a floral pattern. There are 7 rays in the
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with 5 currently recognised species is the most speciose genus in the family
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191:the five species within the genus. They designated
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653:The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database
164:, the handfishes. The fishes in this genus are
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439:are classified as Endangered while
333:equivalent to 32% to 48% of their
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380:is known from 5 locations off
229:Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes
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246:, which means "walking", and
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400:from a single location off
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341:may be short to long. The
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939:Pezichthys nigrocilium
890:Pezichthys macropinnis
743:Pezichthys amplispinus
549:"Species in the genus
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311:Pezichthys nigrocilium
300:Pezichthys macropinnis
267:Pezichthys amplispinus
136:Pezichthys amplispinus
792:Pezichthys compressus
655:. Christopher Scharpf
600:10.1002/9781119174844
592:John Wiley & Sons
545:Eschmeyer, William N.
469:Eschmeyer, William N.
412:Conservation statuses
284:(Narrowbody handfish)
278:Pezichthys compressus
203:was described from a
594:. pp. 508–518.
451:are Data Deficient.
242:is a combination of
160:belonging to family
841:Pezichthys eltanini
687:Fishes of Australia
588:Fishes of the World
289:Pezichthys eltanani
273:(Cockatoo handfish)
214:Fishes of the World
1142:Marine fish genera
1137:Brachionichthyidae
713:"Species in genus
689:. Museums Victoria
317:(Eyelash handfish)
306:(Longfin handfish)
295:(Eltanin handfish)
199:in the new genus.
185:Daniel C. Gledhill
162:Brachionichthyidae
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224:within the
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1131:Categories
1036:Pezichthys
1022:Pezichthys
992:Pezichthys
715:Pezichthys
681:Pezichthys
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455:References
425:Endangered
417:Pezichthys
374:Pezichthys
331:dorsal fin
327:Pezichthys
259:Pezichthys
240:Pezichthys
187:when they
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382:Victoria
355:anal fin
343:illicium
219:suborder
172:Taxonomy
120:Gledhill
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69:Chordata
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