''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 bear live young, although there are indications that some species (at least '' Didymothallus criniceps'') do n ...

(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

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, 75–83 anal soft rays, 8

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and 60 or 61

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Habitat

''Cataetyx laticeps'' is

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, living at depths of . It lives in the

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and

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Behaviour

''Cataetyx laticeps'' reproduces viviparously and is an obligate lecithotrophic live-bearer.

References

Bythitidae Taxa named by Einar Laurentius Koefoed Fish described in 1927 {{Bythitidae-stub