''Grammatonotus brianne'', the Batangas groppo, is a deep water fish of the family

Callanthiidae The splendid perches are a small family, Callanthiidae (about 14 species), of marine fishes in the order Perciformes. The family is largely restricted to the Indian and Pacific Oceans; the only species found outside these regions are ''Callanthia ...

. It inhabits high complexity habitats at depths in excess of 140m, and was described based on specimens collected in the

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and La ...

region of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. It holds the record as being the deepest species of fish described based on specimens collected by divers, all of the fishes described based on specimens caught deeper than 150m were collected by hook and line, traps, trawls, submarines, or other indirect methods. It was named in honor of Brianne Atwood.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q28599295 Fish described in 2016 Callanthiidae Fish of the Philippines Taxa named by Luiz A. Rocha