Brotula - Brotulas

Classification

Genus: Brotula - Brotulas
Family: Ophidiidae - Cusk-eels
Order: Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Class: Teleostei - 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)

Pacific bearded brotula
(Brotula clarkae)

Brotula flaviviridis

Goatsbeard brotula
(Brotula multibarbata)

Ordway’s brotula
(Brotula ordwayi)

Townsend’s cusk eel
(Brotula townsendi)

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