Manducus Goode & Bean, 1896

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 8

Manducus Goode & Bean, 1896

Diagnosis. Manducus can be distinguished in the Diplophidae by the presence of 12–13 dorsal-fin rays; 36–59 anal-fin rays; IC 70–86; photophore series along lateral line (LLP) 65–78; total vertebrae 61–76 (Grey, 1964; Johnson, 1970). Two valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).