Tetrabrachiidae

[a frogfish]

Dibrachichthys melanurus

Anglerfish beneath Australian Waters

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Dibrachichthys is a monospecific genus belonging to the subfamily Tetrabrachiinae, the four-armed frogfishes. The only species in the genus is Dibrachichthys melanurus, the twoarm humpback anglerfish, which is found in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.