Neobythitinae is a
subfamily 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 ...
from 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- ...
. They are mostly fishes of deeper waters, occurring from the
continental shelf down to as deep as at the bottom of the
Puerto Rico trench
The Puerto Rico Trench is located on the boundary between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The oceanic trench, the deepest in the Atlantic, is associated with a complex transition between the Lesser Antilles subduction zone to the sou ...
where the deepest known fish, ''
Abyssobrotula galatheae'', has been taken.
Genera
The following
genera make up the subfamily:
* Genus ''
Abyssobrotula''
* Genus ''
Acanthonus''
* Genus ''
Alcockia''
* Genus ''
Apagesoma''
* Genus ''
Barathrites
''Barathrites'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in deep waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and a ...
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* Genus ''
Barathrodemus''
* Genus ''
Bassogigas
''Bassogigas'' is a genus of cusk eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the family Ophidiidae. The generic name "''Bassogigas''" comes from a combination of two Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Ita ...
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* Genus ''
Bassozetus
''Bassozetus'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Bassozetus compressus'' ( Günther, 1878) (Abyssal assfish) Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fuku ...
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* Genus ''
Bathyonus''
* Genus ''
Benthocometes''
* Genus ''
Dannevigia''
* Genus ''
Dicrolene''
* Genus ''
Enchelybrotula
''Enchelybrotula'' is a genus of deep-water cusk-eels.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''Enchelybrotula gomoni'' Daniel Morris Cohen, Cohen, 1982
* ''Enchelybrotula paucidens'' Hugh McCormick Smith, H. M. Smit ...
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* Genus ''
Epetriodus''
* Genus ''
Eretmichthys''
* Genus ''
Glyptophidium
''Glyptophidium'' is a genus of cusk-eels.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''Glyptophidium argenteum'' Alcock, 1889
* ''Glyptophidium effulgens'' J. G. Nielsen & Machida, 1988
* ''Glyptophidium japonicum' ...
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* Genus ''
Holcomycteronus''
* Genus ''
Homostolus''
* Genus ''
Hoplobrotula''
* Genus ''
Hypopleuron''
* Genus ''
Lamprogrammus''
* Genus ''
Leptobrotula''
* Genus ''
Leucicorus''
* Genus ''
Luciobrotula''
* Genus ''
Mastigopterus''
* Genus ''
Monomitopus''
* Genus ''
Neobythites''
* Genus ''
Neobythitoides''
* Genus ''
Penopus''
* Genus ''
Petrotyx''
* Genus ''
Porogadus''
* Genus ''
Pycnocraspedum''
* Genus ''
Selachophidium
The barbed brotula (''Selachophidium guentheri'') is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans off of the southern coast of Africa where it is found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of TL. This species is ...
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* Genus ''
Sirembo''
* Genus ''
Spectrunculus''
* Genus ''
Spottobrotula''
* Genus ''
Tauredophidium
''Tauredophidium hextii'' is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. It occurs at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. It is the only known member of its genus. The specific name honours Rear- ...
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* Genus ''
Typhlonus''
* Genus ''
Ventichthys''
* Genus ''
Xyelacyba''
References
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Ophidiidae