Microbrotula

Microbrotula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Bythitinae
Genus: Microbrotula
Gosline, 1953
Type species
Microbrotula rubra
Gosline 1953[1]

Microbrotula is a genus of viviparous brotulas.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

  • Microbrotula andersoni Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2011
  • Microbrotula bentleyi M. E. Anderson, 2005 (Many-ray cusk)
  • Microbrotula geraldalleni Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2012[3]
  • Microbrotula greenfieldi M. E. Anderson, 2007
  • Microbrotula hamata Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2011
  • Microbrotula punicea M. E. Anderson, 2007
  • Microbrotula queenslandica M. E. Anderson, 2005 (Queensland cusk)
  • Microbrotula rubra Gosline, 1953
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References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Microbrotula". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Microbrotula in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. Schwarzhans, W. & Nielsen, J.G. (2012): A new species of the Genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae) from Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3583: 71–76.


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