Brotula (genus)

Brotula
Bearded brotula (B. barbata)
Goatsbeard brotula (B. multibarbata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Suborder:	Ophidioidei
Subfamily:	Brotulidae Swainson, 1838 [1]
Genus:	Brotula G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Enchelyopus barbatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Species
6 species (see text)

Not to be confused with Viviparous brotula.

Brotula, also known as bearded cusk-eels, is a genus of ophidiiform fish. It is the only genus in the family Brotulidae, formerly considered a subfamily of Ophidiidae. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

• Brotula barbata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Bearded brotula)
• Brotula clarkae C. L. Hubbs, 1944 (Pacific bearded brotula)
• Brotula flaviviridis D. W. Greenfield, 2005
• Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Goatsbeard brotula)
• Brotula ordwayi Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949 (Ordway's brotula)
• Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1900 (Townsend's cusk eel)

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brotula". FishBase . October 2023 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Brotula". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 February 2024.