Neobythitinae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

cusk eel The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ra ...

from the family Ophidiidae. They are mostly fishes of deeper waters, occurring from the

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down to as deep as at the bottom of the Puerto Rico trench where the deepest known fish, ''

Abyssobrotula galatheae ''Abyssobrotula galatheae'' is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. It is the deepest-living fish known; one specimen, trawled from a depth of in the Puerto Rico Trench in 1970, holds the record for the deepest fish ever captured. Alt ...

'', has been taken.

Genera

The following

genera 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 nomenclat ...

make up the subfamily: * Genus ''

Abyssobrotula ''Abyssobrotula'' is a genus of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. Species There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * ''Abyssobrotula galatheae ''Abyssobrotula galatheae'' is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. It i ...

'' * Genus '' Acanthonus'' * Genus '' Alcockia'' * Genus ''

Apagesoma ''Apagesoma'' is a genus of cusk-eel The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. Tru ...

'' * Genus '' Barathrites'' * Genus ''

Barathrodemus ''Barathrodemus'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in deep waters. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Barathrodemus manatinus'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 * '' Barathrodemus nasutus'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe R ...

'' * Genus '' Bassogigas'' * Genus '' Bassozetus'' * Genus ''

Bathyonus ''Bathyonus'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Bathyonus caudalis'' (Garman, 1899) * '' Bathyonus laticeps'' ( Günther, 1878) * '' Bathyonus pectoralis'' Goode & Bean A be ...

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Benthocometes ''Benthocometes'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Benthocometes australiensis'' J. G. Nielsen, 2010 * '' Benthocometes robustus'' (Goode & Bean A bean is the seed of severa ...

'' * Genus '' Dannevigia'' * Genus ''

Dicrolene ''Dicrolene'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus. They are listed below along with their discoverer: * '' Dicrolene filamentosa'' Garman, 1899 * '' Dicrolene gregoryi'' Trotter, 1926 * '' Di ...

'' * Genus '' Enchelybrotula'' * Genus ''

Epetriodus The needletooth cusk (''Epetriodus freddyi'') is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs at depths of . This species grows to a length of SL. It is the only known species of its genus The gener ...

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Eretmichthys ''Eretmichthys pinnatus'' is a species of cusk-eel found in the ocean depths from in the Indo-Pacific from Sulawesi and Japan to western coast of Colombia. This species grows to a length of fish measurement, SL. It is the only known member of ...

'' * Genus '' Glyptophidium'' * Genus ''

Holcomycteronus ''Holcomycteronus'' is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes '' Holcomycteronus profundissimus'', long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Many were formerly ...

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Homostolus The filament cusk (''Homostolus acer'') is a species of cusk-eel found in the western Pacific Ocean from the waters off of Japan to Australia and New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnif ...

'' * Genus ''

Hoplobrotula ''Hoplobrotula'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Hoplobrotula armata'' ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Armored cusk) * '' Hoplobrotula badia'' Machida, 1990 * '' Hoplobrotula gn ...

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Hypopleuron The whiptail cusk (''Hypopleuron caninum'') is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans where it occurs at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. It is the only known member of its genus Genus ...

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Lamprogrammus ''Lamprogrammus'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Lamprogrammus brunswigi'' ( A. B. Brauer, 1906) * '' Lamprogrammus exutus'' Nybelin & Poll, 1958 (Legless cuskeel) * '' Lamprogra ...

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Leptobrotula ''Leptobrotula breviventralis'' is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa and in the Pacific Ocean around the Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of ...

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Leucicorus ''Leucicorus'' is a small genus of cusk-eels found in deep oceanic waters. It contains two species, one from the western Atlantic and the other from the eastern Pacific. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Le ...

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Luciobrotula ''Luciobrotula'' is a genus of cusk-eels. The larvae have an ovoid body, elongate anterior dorsal-fin ray, and long trailing fleshy filament Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Luciobrotula bartschi'' Hugh McCor ...

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Mastigopterus ''Mastigopterus imperator'' is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans where it occurs at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. It is the only known member of its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a ...

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Monomitopus ''Monomitopus'' is a genus of cusk-eels. They are oviparous. Life cycle Analysis of stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths has shown that '' Monomitopus pallidus'' and '' Monomitopus kumae'' undergo an ontogenetic habitat shift, spending ...

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Neobythites ''Neobythites'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently 52 recognized species in this genus: * '' Neobythites alcocki'' J. G. Nielsen, 2002 * '' Neobythites analis'' Barnard, 1927 (Black-edged cusk-eel) * '' Neobythites andamanensi ...

'' * Genus '' Neobythitoides'' * Genus ''

Penopus ''Penopus'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Penopus japonicus'' Jørgen G. Nielsen, J. G. Nielsen & Shinpei Ohashi, Ohashi, 2011 * ''Penopus microphthalmus'' (Leon Louis Vaillant, Va ...

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Petrotyx ''Petrotyx'' is a genus of reef-dwelling cusk-eels. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrotyx hopkinsi'' Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Velvetnose brotula) * '' Petrotyx sanguineus'' (Meek & Hildebrand Hilde ...

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Porogadus ''Porogadus'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: * '' Porogadus abyssalis'' Nybelin, 1957 * '' Porogadus atripectus'' Garman, 1899 * '' Porogadus catena'' (Goode & Bean, 1885) * '' Porogadu ...

'' * Genus '' Pycnocraspedum'' * Genus ''

Selachophidium The barbed brotula (''Selachophidium guentheri'') is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans off of the southern coast of Africa where it is found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of TL. This specie ...

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Sirembo ''Sirembo'' is a genus of cusk-eels of the subfamily Neobythitinae, Family (biology), family Ophidiidae, which are found in the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The species in this genus have a rather robust body with the dorsal fin origi ...

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Spectrunculus ''Spectrunculus'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Spectrunculus crassus'' ( Vaillant, 1888) * ''Spectrunculus grandis ''Spectrunculus gran ...

'' * Genus ''

Spottobrotula ''Spottobrotula'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: * ''Spottobrotula mahodadi'' Daniel Morris Cohen, Cohen & Jørgen G. Nielsen, J. G. Nielsen, 1978 * ''Spottobrotula mossambica'' Jørgen G ...

'' * Genus '' Tauredophidium'' * Genus ''

Typhlonus The faceless cusk (''Typhlonus nasus'') is a genus of cusk-eel found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans at depths from . This species grows to in standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their a ...

'' * Genus ''

Ventichthys The East Pacific ventbrotula (''Ventichthys biospeedoi'') is a species of cusk-eel found around thermal vents on the southern East Pacific Rise at depths of about . This species grows to a length of fish measurement, SL. It is the only known mem ...

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Xyelacyba The gargoyle cusk (''Xyelacyba myersi'') is a species of cusk-eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae of the family Ophidiidae. This species grows to a length of TL. It is the only known member of its genus, although research suggests the specie ...

References

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