Biology:Bythitoidei

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Short description: Suborder of fishes

Bythitoidei
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Aphyonus gelatinosus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Suborder: Bythitoidei

Bythitoidei is a suborder of the order Ophidiiformes, the cusk eels. They are distinguished from the other Ophidiform suborder, the Ophidioidei, by being largely viviparous.[1]

Families

The following families make up the suborder Bythitoidei:[2]

  • Family Bythitidae Gill, 1861 — viviparous brotulas
  • Family Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 —aphyonids, blind cusk-eel
  • Family Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968 — false brotulas

References

  1. Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle; C. Richard Robins (1999). FAO Species Catalogue Volume 18 Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. p. 3. ISBN 9251043752. 
  2. "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition". 2016. https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crnPmFXqnJpmRlpzLSdqx8GmsCmFXNBj8fAYuPuhFBvCfHo4TahH7eM_yruTzHI27nZRRWWJPRR7U9HopPBRlQK8iW_73EG6FVke6aUjl20fgZXiChDnl-xqMl4L2I-wHwV7D4qcPAQI1vSV6YfFYAm5qb7t5w0rJ_ierkZ91ezIvpQ_5f0kSbFiUx-YYGXP1US1GbwSf-G7sRx4XEikm73VqVA0idVnlkaFjzI53bkuIQY0OQ%3D&attredirects=0. Retrieved 10 June 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q11153370 entry