Pezichthys

Pezichthys is a genus of handfishes. The fishes in this genus are 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 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 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 Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.