''Barathronus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of deep-sea fish that are placed in the family

Aphyonidae Aphyonidae is a family of eel-like fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. They are deep-sea fishes, living between and depth. Description and biology Aphyonids are small fishe ...

(blind cusk eels) or family

Bythitidae The viviparous brotulas form a family, the Bythitidae, of ophidiiform fishes. They are known as viviparous brotulas as they generally viviparity, bear live young, although there are indications that some species (at least ''Didymothallus crinicep ...

(brotulas), depending on the source.

Life cycle

''Barathronus'' are

viviparous Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent. This is opposed to oviparity which is a reproductive mode in which females lay developing eggs that complete their development and hatch externally from the m ...

deep-sea fish. However, a juvenile '' Barathronus pacificus'' has been recorded in shallow waters. Based on the stable oxygen isotope composition of

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s, at least one species, '' Barathronus maculatus'', has a pelagic larval stage, followed by an ontogenetic vertical migration to deeper waters.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus, although the exact species differ between the

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and the

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: * '' Barathronus affinis'' A. B. Brauer, 1906 * '' Barathronus bicolor''

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& T. H. Bean, 1886 * '' Barathronus bruuni'' J. G. Nielsen, 1969 * ''

Barathronus diaphanus ''Barathronus'' is a genus of deep-sea fish that are placed in the family Aphyonidae (blind cusk eels) or family Bythitidae (brotulas), depending on the source. Life cycle ''Barathronus'' are viviparous deep-sea fish. However, a juvenile '' Bar ...

'' A. B. Brauer, 1906 * '' Barathronus linsi'' J. G. Nielsen, Mincarone & di Dario, 2015 — not listed in the FishBase * '' Barathronus maculatus'' Shcherbachev, 1976 (Spotted gelatinous cusk) * '' Barathronus multidens'' J. G. Nielsen, 1984 * '' Barathronus pacificus'' J. G. Nielsen &

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, 1974 * '' Barathronus parfaiti'' ( Vaillant, 1888) * '' Barathronus solomonensis'' J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008 — recognized as '' Paraphyonus solomonensis'' in the Catalog of Fishes * '' Barathronus unicolor'' J. G. Nielsen, 1984

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q740757 Aphyonidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by George Brown Goode Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean