''Dermatopsoides'' 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
viviparous brotula
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 ...
s.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Dermatopsoides andersoni''
Møller & Schwarzhans, 2006 (Anderson's mudbrotula)
* ''
Dermatopsoides kasougae''
(J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
, 1943) (Orange brotula)
* ''
Dermatopsoides morrisonae''
Møller & Schwarzhans, 2006 (Morrison's mudbrotula)
* ''
Dermatopsoides talboti''
Cohen, 1966 (Lesser orange brotula)
References
Bythitidae
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