''Cataetyx laticeps'' is a species of fish in the family

Bythitidae 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 ...

(viviparous brotulas).

Description

''Cataetyx laticeps'' is dark brown in colour, and has a broad head, as indicated by the specific name ''laticeps'', with a maximum length of and eyes on the dorsolateral. It has 98–107 dorsal soft rays, 75–83 anal soft rays, 8

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and 60 or 61 vertebrae.

Habitat

''Cataetyx laticeps'' is benthopelagic or

bathydemersal Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone).Walrond Carl . "Coastal fish - Fish of the open sea floor"Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 2 March 2009 They occ ...

, living at depths of . It lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.

Behaviour

''Cataetyx laticeps'' reproduces

viviparously Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent. This is opposed to oviparity which is a reproductive mode in which females lay developing eggs that complete their development and hatch externally from the ...

and is an obligate lecithotrophic live-bearer.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2720066 Bythitidae Taxa named by Einar Laurentius Koefoed Fish described in 1927