''Abyssobrotula'' is a
genus
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of
cusk eel
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ra ...
in the
family
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Ophidiidae
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray ...
.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Abyssobrotula galatheae
''Abyssobrotula galatheae'' is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. It is the deepest-living fish known; one specimen, trawled from a depth of in the Puerto Rico Trench in 1970, holds the record for the deepest fish ever captured. Alt ...
''
J. G. Nielsen, 1977
* ''
Abyssobrotula hadropercularis''
Ohashi & J. G. Nielsen, 2016 [Ohashi, S. & Nielsen, J.G. (2016): A new species of ''Abyssobrotula'' (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. ''Zootaxa, 4132 (4): 559–566.'']
References
Ophidiidae
Deep sea fish
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