Dinematichthys
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''Dinematichthys'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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. Its name comes from
Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
, meaning ''two-filamented fish'' (''di'' means two, ''nema'' filament and ''ichthys'' fish).


Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides''
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Dinematichthys trilobatus''
Møller Møller () is a Danish surname, referring to an occupation as a Miller, equivalent of the Scottish/English ''Miller (name), Miller'', the German ''Müller'' etc. Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.Schwarzhans, 2008


References

Bythitidae {{Bythitidae-stub