''Bythites'' is a genus of
viviparous brotula
The viviparous brotulas form a family, the Bythitidae, of ophidiiform fishes. They are known as viviparous brotulas as they generally bear live young, although there are indications that some species (at least '' Didymothallus criniceps'') do n ...
s found in the
Atlantic Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Bythites fuscus''
J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837 (Arctic brotula)
* ''
Bythites gerdae''
J. G. Nielsen & Cohen
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, 1973
* ''
Bythites islandicus''
J. G. Nielsen & Cohen
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, 1973
References
Bythitidae
Marine fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Johan Reinhardt
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