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''Dermatopsoides'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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.


Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Dermatopsoides andersoni''
Møller Møller is a Danish surname, referring to an occupation as a Miller, equivalent of the Scottish/English '' Miller'', the German ''Müller'' etc. Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.Schwarzhans, 2006 (Anderson's mudbrotula) * '' Dermatopsoides kasougae'' (
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought ...
, 1943)
(Orange brotula) * '' Dermatopsoides morrisonae''
Møller Møller is a Danish surname, referring to an occupation as a Miller, equivalent of the Scottish/English '' Miller'', the German ''Müller'' etc. Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.Schwarzhans, 2006 (Morrison's mudbrotula) * '' Dermatopsoides talboti'' Cohen, 1966 (Lesser orange brotula)


References

Bythitidae {{Bythitidae-stub