Type locality of Brachionichthys australis, E of Disaster Bay, New South Wales, 125 m, CSIRO H 4451-02, holotype of Brachionichthys australis, 4.59 cm SL). A demersal fish known off the southern and eastern coastlines of Australia; mainly continental shelf from Bermagui, New South Wales (36° 23′ S, 150° 15′ E), to Middini Beach in the Great Australian Bight, Western Australia (33° 17′ S, 127° 31′ E). Southward along the east coast of Tasmania to the D’Entrecasteaux Channel (near 43° 03′ S, 147° 20′ E); but not yet recorded from Tasmania’s west coast. Found from depths of 18 m to at least 210 m, commonly ca. 40-150 m depth, but may occur deeper. A specimen was caught by a trawler fishing in 123-277 m, but the depth of capture cannot be determined (Ref. 72490).