Brotula (genus) (original) (raw)
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Genus of fishes
| Brotula | |
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| Bearded brotula (B. barbata) | |
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| Goatsbeard brotula (B. multibarbata) | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | BrotulinaeSwainson, 1838[1] |
| Genus: | BrotulaG. Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| _Enchelyopus barbatus_Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | |
| Species | |
| 6 species (see text) |
Brotula is a genus of cusk-eels. It is the only genus in the subfamily Brotulinae.[2][3]
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)
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brotula". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Brotula". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 February 2024.