Dictyosoma
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| Dictyosoma | |
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| Dictyosoma burgeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Xiphisterinae |
| Genus: | Dictyosoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1845[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dictyosoma burgeri, a synonym of D. temmincki van der Hoeven, 1855[1] | |
Dictyosoma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cebidichthyidae, the monkeyface pricklebacks. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.