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Family
Bythitidae
Gill, 1861
- viviparous brotulas
(fish)
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Entity:
Bythitoidei (Suborder)
..Dinematichthyidae (Family) - dwarf brotulas
..Bythitidae (Family) - viviparous brotulas
....Acarobythites (Genus)
....Anacanthobythites (Genus)
....Aphyonus (Genus)
....Barathronus (Genus)
....Bellottia (Genus)
....Bidenichthys (Genus)
....Brosmodorsalis (Genus)
....Brosmophyciops (Genus)
....Brosmophycis (Genus)
....Bythites (Genus)
....Calamopteryx (Genus)
....Cataetyx (Genus)
....Diplacanthopoma (Genus)
....Ematops (Genus)
....Grammonus (Genus)
....Hastatobythites (Genus)
....Hephthocara (Genus)
....Leucobrotula (Genus)
....Lucifuga (Genus)
....Megacataetyx (Genus)
....Melodichthys (Genus)
....Meteoria (Genus)
....Microbrotula (Genus)
....Nybelinella (Genus)
....Parabrotula (Genus)
....Paraphyonus (Genus)
....Parasaccogaster (Genus)
....Parasciadonus (Genus)
....Petrotyx (Genus)
....Pseudonus (Genus)
....Saccogaster (Genus)
....Sciadonus (Genus)
....Stygnobrotula (Genus)
....Thalassobathia (Genus)
....Thermichthys (Genus)
....Timorichthys (Genus)
....Tuamotuichthys (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Bythitinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1861
Type
:
Bythites
(Genus)
Reinhardt, 1835
Ref:
N. Bailly et al. (comps.), 2001
: 366; 4 Feb 2021.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Aphyonidae
(Family)
Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Ref:
R. Betancur-R et al., 2017
: 22; (ECoF(11 Jun 2024); 28 Jun 2024).
Including
:
Brosmophycinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1862
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 28 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Bythitinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1861
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 28 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Parabrotulidae
(Family)
Nielsen, 1968
Ref:
R. Betancur-R et al., 2017
: 22; (ECoF(11 Jun 2024); 28 Jun 2024).
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
viviparous brotulas
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 318; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
livebearing brotulas
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2467.
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026