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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Brotulidae
Swainson, 1838
- bearded cusk-eels
(fish)
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Ophidioidei (Suborder)
..Acanthonidae (Family) - deepsea cusk-eels
..Carapidae (Family) - pearlfishes
..Ophidiidae (Family) - cusk-eels
..Brotulidae (Family) - bearded cusk-eels
....Brotula (Genus)
Types
Type
:
Brotula
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1829
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025.
[implicit]
Variants
Current rank
:
Brotulinae
(Subfamily)
Swainson, 1838
Former rank
:
Brotulinae
(Subfamily)
Swainson, 1838
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
[inferred]
Synonyms
In
:
Ophidiidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1810
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: App. (p. 607).
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
baardmannetjes
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bearded cusk-eels
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
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