Dibranchus atlanticus was first formally described in 1872 by the German zoologist Wilhelm Peters with its type locality given as near the coast of Western Africa at a depth … Afficher plus

Dibranchus atlanticus is the type species of the genus Dibranchus, a name which prefixes di, meaning "two", on to branchus, meaning "gills", a reference to the only the second and third Afficher plus

This fish may be bioluminescent, as there has been a report that in the laboratory, its skin can emit flashes of light when stimulated with Afficher plus

D. atlanticus has a disc-shaped, vertically compressed body with a flat ventral surface, and grows to a standard length of 145 mm (6 in). … Afficher plus

D. atlanticus is found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from the coasts of Canada and the United … Afficher plus

This deep sea fish is of no interest to commercial fisheries but it is often caught in deep water trawl surveys and appears to be common. The Afficher plus