Biology:Brotula (genus)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Brotula
Bearded brotula ( Brotula barbata ).jpg
Bearded brotula (B. barbata)
Brotula multibarbata.jpg
Goatsbeard brotula (B. multibarbata)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Brotulinae
Swainson, 1838[1]
Genus: Brotula
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Enchelyopus barbatus
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Species

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Brotula is a genus of cusk-eels. It is the only genus is the subfamily Brotulinae.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Brotula barbata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Bearded brotula)
  • Brotula clarkae C. L. Hubbs, 1944 (Pacific bearded brotula)
  • Brotula flaviviridis D. W. Greenfield, 2005
  • Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Goatsbeard brotula)
  • Brotula ordwayi Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949 (Ordway's brotula)
  • Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1900 (Townsend's cusk eel)

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Brotula in FishBase. June 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1157033 entry