Brotula
Bearded brotula (B. barbata)
Goatsbeard brotula (B. multibarbata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. โ†‘ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001โ€“230.
  2. โ†‘ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Brotula in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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