''Bidenichthys capensis'', the freetail brotula, is an uncommon South African fish of the 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 ...

, and one of three species, and the type species, of the genus Bidenichthys. The species is found in

intertidal zone The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of habitats with various species o ...

s and rocky tidepools ranging from East London to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. It grows up to 90 mm long TL.

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Bythitidae Fish of Africa Fish of South Africa Taxa named by Keppel Harcourt Barnard Fish described in 1934 {{Bythitidae-stub