Brosmophycini is a tribe of viviparous brotula, one of two tribes in the subfamily Brosmophycinae. They are distinguished from the other brosmophycin tribe, the Dinematichthyini, by having a male intromittent organ which has no ossified parts, a scale-covered body and well developed gill rakers.[1]

Brosmophycini
Grey Brotula (Bidenichthys consobrinus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Brosmophycinae
Tribe: Brosmophycini
Gill, 1862

Genera

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The following genera are classified as being members of the tribe Brosmophycini:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Daniel M. Cohen & Jørgen G. Nielsen (1978). Guide to the Identification of Genera of the Fish Order Ophidiiformes With a Tentative Classification of the Order (PDF). NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular. Vol. 417. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service.
  2. ^ Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). FAO Species Catalogue Volume 18 Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. p. 116. ISBN 9251043752.