Scientific Name
Brachiopsilus dianthus
Common Name
Pink Handfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 19 - 21;
Anal
spines: 910. Member of the genus Brachiopsilus with a combination of the following characters: esca of
medium size, 29?38% of illicium length; illicium smooth, thin, not exceedingly fleshy, length 15?16% SL, 3?3.5 times in head length, 2.0?2.3 times in length of second dorsal-fin spine; with illicium adpressed, apex of esca situated above posterior half of eye; esca much wider than illicial stem, covered with dense, short, filaments; head slightly compressed; moderate-sized eye (horizontal diameter 6?7% SL); mouth narrow; lips fleshy with irregular folds; body and fins entirely naked in adults (except for scales associated with pores of the acoustico-lateralis system); 5 sensory pores above eye; long first dorsal-fin base (length 26?30% SL); second dorsal-fin rays 17?18, fin base 73?76% SL; length of second dorsal-fin spine 1.3?1.5 times length of longest ray of second dorsal fin; 9?10 anal-fin rays, length of anal-fin base 38?39% SL; 9?