Biology:Brosmophycini
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Short description: Tribe of fishes
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| Grey Brotula (Bidenichthys consobrinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Brosmophycinae |
| Tribe: | Brosmophycini Gill, 1862 |
Brosmophycini is a tribe of viviparous brotula, one of two tribes in the subfamily Brosmophycinae. They are distinguished from the other brosmophycin tribe, the Dinematichthyini, by having a male intromittent organ which has no ossified parts, a scale-covered body and well developed gill rakers.[1]
Genera
The following genera are classified as being members of the tribe Brosmophycini:[2]
- Bidenichthys
- Brosmodorsalis
- Brosmophyciops
- Brosmophycis
- Eusurculus
- Fiordichthys
- Lucifuga
- Melodichthys
References
- ↑ Daniel M. Cohen; Jørgen G. Nielsen (1978). Guide to the Identification of Genera of the Fish Order Ophidiiformes With a Tentative Classification of the Order. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular. 417. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service. https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/Circulars/CIRC417.pdf.
- ↑ 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. 116. ISBN 9251043752.
Wikidata ☰ Q21227054 entry
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