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Diancistrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Bythitidae
Tribe:	Dinematichthyini
Genus:	Diancistrus Ogilby, 1899
Type species
Diancistrus longifilis Ogilby, 1899
Synonyms
Brotulina Fowler, 1946 Calcarbrotula Fowler, 1946 Parabrosmolus Machida, 1996

Diancistrus is a genus of viviparous brotulas.

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:

• Diancistrus alatus Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Winged coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus alleni Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Allen's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus altidorsalis Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Humpbacked coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus atollorum Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Atoll coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus beateae Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Beate's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus brevirostris Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Shortnosed coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus eremitus Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Lonely coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus erythraeus (Fowler, 1946)
• Diancistrus fijiensis Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Fiji coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus fuscus (Fowler, 1946) (Dusky brotulid)
• Diancistrus jackrandalli Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Randall's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus jeffjohnsoni Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Johnson's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus karinae Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Karin's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus katrineae Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Katrine's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus leisi Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Leis' coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus longifilis Ogilby, 1899 (Twinhook cusk)
• Diancistrus machidai Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Machida's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus manciporus Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Few-pored coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus mcgroutheri Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (McGrouther's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus mennei Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Menne's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus niger Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Dark coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus novaeguineae (Machida, 1996)
• Diancistrus pohnpeiensis Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Pohnpei coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus robustus Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Robust coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus springeri Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Springer's coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus tongaensis Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Tonga coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus typhlops J. G. Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Hadiaty, 2009 (Blind cave coralbrotula)
• Diancistrus vietnamensis Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Vietnam coralbrotula)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Dinematichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Diancistrus". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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