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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderLophiiformes
  4. ›familyOgcocephalidae
  5. ›genusDibranchus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Spiny Two-gill Batfish

Dibranchus hystrix Garman, 1899

Also calledPeixe-morcego-equatorial (por) · chřestivec dikobrazí (ces)

First described in: Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em>

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2414909.