Phrynichthys Pietschmann, 1926
Distinct from the other genus of the family, Diceratias, in having illicial length greater than 80% SL and distance from insertion of illicium to tip of snout greater than 30% SL. Largest record 178 mm. Two species, one represented in Clofnam area, the other based on two specimens from the Halmahera and Ceram seas, western tropical Pacific.
Species of this genus in the program:
Phrynichthys wedli