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;

Thymichthys politus Manopisce rubie – Critically Endangered under EPBC Act and IUCN;

Brachiopsilus ziebelli, Manopisce de Ziebell – Vulnerable under EPBC Act, Critically Endangered under IUCN. 

Fauna endemic a Australia
Actinopterygii