Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 19. A large species with tubercles covering the ventral surface of disk and tail. Bases of principal tubercles on tail thickly covered with numerous small tubercles. Cranium relatively wide, 26.7% of SL as compared to a range of 16.7-25.6 for the genus. Cephalic lateral-line counts: subopercular 5; preopercular 2. Tail lateral-line counts 11. Paired fins relatively short, broad and fleshy with fin membranes transparent (Ref. 40826).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Ogcocephalidae

Genus: Dibranchus

Species: Dibranchus accinctus Bradbury, 1999

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Indian Ocean.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless