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 of 360 fathoms (2,160 ft; 660 m). When he described … See more

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 gill arches having gills, the fourth havi… See more