Pezichthys
''Pezichthys'' is a genus of marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes. The fishes in this genus are Endemism, endemic to southern Australia; they are all extremely localised in distribution and are rare. Taxonomy ''Pexichthys'' was first proposed as a genus in 2009 by Australian zoologists Peter R. Last and Daniel C. Gledhill when they Species description, described the five species within the genus. They designated ''P. amplispinus'' as the type species in the new genus. ''P. amplispilus'' was described from a Type locality (biology), type locality of east of Bermagui, New South Wales. This genus is classified within the family Brachionichthyidae which the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the family Brachionichthyidae within the suborder Antennarioidei within the Order (biology), order anglerfishes, Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. Etymology ''Pezichthys'' is from the Greek ''pezo'', meaning "walking", and ...
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