Brachionichthyidae

Brachionichthyidae es un familia de pisce Lophiiformes.  Contine actualmente 5 generes e 14 species.

Son appellate manopisces proque son capabile de ambular sul fundo marin.

Distribution
Se trova hodie in sudest costas de Australia e circum insula de Tasmania.

 Conservation stato 
Brachionichthys hirsutus, Manopisce maculate – Critically Endangered under EPBC Act and IUCN; 50px Attribution 4.0 International  (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Thymichthys politus 50px Attribution 4.0 International  (CC BY 4.0) licence. Manopisce rubie – Critically Endangered under EPBC Act and IUCN;

Brachiopsilus ziebelli, Manopisce de Ziebell – Vulnerable under EPBC Act, Critically Endangered under IUCN. 50px Attribution 4.0 International  (CC BY 4.0) licence. 

Categoria:Fauna endemic a Australia
Categoria:Actinopterygii