Biology:Bythitinae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Bythitinae
FMIB 45461 Saccogaster maculata, from the Bay of Bengal, 193-276 fathoms; male The female is viviparous.jpeg
Saccogaster maculata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Bythitinae
Gill, 1861[1]

Bythitinae is a subfamily of viviparous brotulas, one of the two subfamilies in the family Bythitidae. This subfamily is characterised by having the dorsal, caudal and anal fins combined. They are mostly found in temperate to tropical seas, from reefs to the benthopelagic zone, but some species from the North Atlantic Ocean occur in into Arctic waters.[2]

Genera

The following genera are included in the subfamily Bythininae:[3]


References

  1. "Bythininae Gill, 1861". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2015. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154743. 
  2. Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle; C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-104375-2. 
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). "Bythitidae" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  4. Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Cohen, D.M. (2012): Revision of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa, 3579: 1–36.

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