Brotula - Brotulas

Classification

Genus: Brotula - Brotulas
Family: Ophidiidae - Cusk-eels
Order: Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Brotula is a genus of cusk-eels. It is the only genus is the subfamily Brotulinae.

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

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)

Species

Bearded brotula
(Brotula barbata)

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