Brotulotaenia is a genus of cusk-eels. It is the only genus in the subfamily Brotulotaeniinae.
| Brotulotaenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Brotulotaeniinae Cohen & Nielsen, 1978[1] |
| Genus: | Brotulotaenia A. E. Parr, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Brotulotaenia nigra Parr, 1933
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Species edit
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Brotulotaenia brevicauda Cohen, 1974
- Brotulotaenia crassa A. E. Parr, 1934 (Violet cusk eel)
- Brotulotaenia nielseni Cohen, 1974
- Brotulotaenia nigra A. E. Parr, 1933 (Dark cusk)
References edit
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Brotulotaenia in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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