Family Bythitidae - Livebearing brotulas
Order : Ophidiiformes Bythitidae Bythitidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 38 | Species : 134 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Chiefly marine; rare in brackish and freshwaters. Morphology: Elongated body; long dorsal and anal-bases joined to caudal fin; skin loose, transparent and scaleless; pelvic fin with 0-1 ray; eyes poorly developed or not externally visible; basibranchial tooth patches and no swimbladder; developed rakers on anterior gill arches may be present or absent; males and often females with variously developed genital appendages; skeleton is poorly ossified except for Barathronus (Ref. 128809). Viviparous Tribe Dinematichthyini: Male copulatory organ with a penis and 1-2 (rarely 3) pairs of pseudoclaspers in cavity of ventral body wall covered by a fleshy hood; first anal fin pterygiophore slightly to strongly elongated; head pore system generally unreduced, 6 mandibular, 2-4 preopercular, 5-7 infraorbital, and 3-4 supraorbital pores, including supraorbital pore above the opercular spine; posteriormost supraorbital head pore tubular (Ref. 57884). D/V = anterior dorsal fin ray above vertebra number; D/A = anterior anal fin ray below dorsal fin ray number; V/A = anterior anal fin ray below vertebrae number; V in D = number of dorsal fin rays per ray-bearing vertebra (Ref. 76869).
Etymology : Greek, bythios, -a, -on = that is at the bottom, sunken ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : bearers
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ophidiaria | | | Ophidiiformes | Bythitoidei | | Bythitidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Bythitidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Bythites fuscus Reinhardt, 1837
acceptedseniororiginal
Bythites gerdae Nielsen & Cohen, 1973
acceptedseniororiginal
Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Lucifuga dentata Poey, 1858
acceptedseniororiginal
! Lucifuga dentatus Poey, 1858
synonymseniororiginal
Stygicola dentatus (Poey, 1858)
synonymseniornew
! Stygicola dentata (Poey, 1858)
synonymseniornew
Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen & Robins, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
! Lucifuga spelaeoteus Cohen & Robins, 1970
synonymseniororiginal
Lucifuga simile Nalbant, 1981
acceptedseniororiginal
Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Lucifuga inopinata Cohen & McCosker, 1998
acceptedseniororiginal
Lucifuga lucayana Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & Nielsen, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Lucifuga spelaeotes (non Cohen & Robins, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Lucifuga gibarensis Hernández, Møller, Casane & García-Machado, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878
acceptedseniororiginal
Aphyonus mollis Goode & Bean, 1886
synonymjuniororiginal
Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883
acceptedseniororiginal
Bellottia armiger (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
Xenobythites armiger Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
synonymseniororiginal
Bellottia galatheae Nielsen & Møller, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Bellottia armiger (non Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
misappliedmisappliednew
Bellottia cryptica Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
Bellottia robusta Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)
acceptedseniornew
Alexeterion parfaiti Vaillant, 1888
synonymseniororiginal
Barathronus affinis Brauer, 1906
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Barathronus diaphanous Brauer, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
Barathronus bruuni Nielsen, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus unicolor Nielsen, 1984
synonymjuniororiginal
Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus multidens Nielsen, 1984
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus linsi Nielsen, Mincarone & Di Dario, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus algrahami Nielsen, Pogonoski & Appleyard, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Barathronus maculatus (non Shcherbachev, 1976)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Barathronus roulei Nielsen, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Cataetyx messieri (Günther, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Sirembo messieri Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
! Cataetix messieri (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Cataetyx rubrirostris Gilbert, 1890
acceptedseniororiginal
Cataetyx simus Garman, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cataetix simus Garman, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Pteridium alleni Byrne, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
Cataetyx leucos (Osório, 1917)
ambiguousquestionablenew
Oculospinus brevis Koefoed, 1927
synonymjuniororiginal
Cataetyx brevis (Koefoed, 1927)
synonymjuniornew
Cataetyx lepidogenys (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
Bythites lepidogenys Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
synonymseniororiginal
Abythites lepidogenys (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Cataetyx matsubarai (Arai, 1969)
synonymjuniornew
Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927
acceptedseniororiginal
Cataetyx memorabilis Meyer-Rochow, 1970
synonymjuniororiginal
Cataetyx messieri (non Günther, 1878)
misappliedmisappliednew
Cataetyx hawaiiensis Gosline, 1954
acceptedseniororiginal
Cataetyx bruuni (Nielsen & Nybelin, 1963)
acceptedseniornew
Oculospinus bruuni Nielsen & Nybelin, 1963
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Cataetyx nielseni Balushkin & Prokofiev, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplacanthopoma japonicum (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887)
acceptedseniornew
Myxocephalus japonicus Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887
synonymseniororiginal
! Diplacanthopoma japonicus (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplacanthopoma alcockii Goode & Bean, 1896
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplacanthopoma brunneum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
acceptedseniororiginal
! Diplacanthopoma brunnea Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
synonymseniororiginal
Diplacanthopoma nigripinnis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
acceptedseniororiginal
Sarcocara nigripinnis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
synonymseniornew
Diplacanthopoma kreffti Cohen & Nielsen, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Saccogaster maculatus Alcock, 1889
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Saccogaster hawaii Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
Saccogaster parva Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
Saccogaster staigeri Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Saccogaster horrida Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Saccogaster nikoliviae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892
acceptedseniororiginal
! Hepthocara simum Alcock, 1892
synonymseniororiginal
Hephthocara crassiceps Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
acceptedseniororiginal
Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810)
acceptedseniornew
Oligopus ater Risso, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
Oligopus niger Risso, 1827
synonymjuniororiginal
Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
acceptedseniornew
Eutyx diagrammus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
synonymseniororiginal
Oligopus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
synonymseniornew
Pteraclis diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
synonymseniornew
Grammonus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
acceptedseniororiginal
Oligopus robustus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
synonymseniornew
Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930)
acceptedseniornew
Benthocometes claudei Torre y Huerta, 1930
synonymseniororiginal
Oligopus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Grammonous opisthodon Smith, 1934
synonymseniororiginal
Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)
acceptedseniornew
Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964
synonymseniororiginal
Grammonus niger (Gosline, 1953)
ambiguoushomonymnew
Grammonus thielei Nielsen & Cohen, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Grammonus yunokawai Nielsen, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
Oligopus robustus (non Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
misappliedmisappliednew
Grammonus nagaredai Randall & Hughes, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Grammonus minutus Nielsen & Prokofiev, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudonus acutus Garman, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudonus squamiceps (Lloyd, 1907)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Cataetyx platycephalus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal
Pseudonus platycephalus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Sciadonus kullenbergi Nybelin, 1957
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969)
synonymjuniornew
Sciadonus cryptophthalmus (Zugmayer, 1911)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Sciadonus jonassoni (Nybelin, 1957)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Sciadonus robinsorum Nielsen, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Sciadonus robinsi Nielsen, 2018
synonymseniororiginal
Petrotyx hopkinsi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
acceptedseniororiginal
Petrotyx sanguineus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
acceptedseniornew
Pseudobythites sanguineus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Parabrotula tanseimaru Miya & Nielsen, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Bidenichthys capensis Barnard, 1934
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Bidenichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986)
acceptedseniornew
Melodichthys paxtoni Nielsen & Cohen, 1986
synonymseniororiginal
Fiordichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Leucobrotula adipata Koefoed, 1952
acceptedseniororiginal
! Leucobrotula adipatus Koefoed, 1952
synonymseniororiginal
Microbrotula rubra Gosline, 1953
acceptedseniororiginal
Microbrotula bentleyi Anderson, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Microbrotula polyactis Anderson, 2005
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Microbrotula punicea Anderson, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
! Microbrotula puniceus Anderson, 2007
synonymseniororiginal
Microbrotula andersoni Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Microbrotula hamata Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Microbrotula geraldalleni Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Brosmophyciops pautskei Schultz, 1960
synonymseniororiginal
! Brosmophysiops pautzkei Schultz, 1960
synonymseniororiginal
Dinematichthys iluocaetoides (non Bleeker, 1855)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Calamopteryx goslinei Böhlke & Cohen, 1966
acceptedseniororiginal
Calamopteryx jeb Cohen, 1973
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Meteoria erythrops Nielsen, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Meteoria pauciradiatus (Nielsen, 1997)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Nybelinella erikssoni (Nybelin, 1957)
acceptedseniornew
Barathronus erikssoni Nybelin, 1957
synonymseniororiginal
Nybelinella brevidorsalis Shcherbachev, 1976
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Melodichthys hadrocephalus Nielsen & Cohen, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Brosmodorsalis persicinus Paulin & Roberts, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Tuamotuichthys bispinosus Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Tuamotuichthys marshallensis Nielsen, Schwarzhans, Møller & Randall, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Tuamotuichthys schwarzhansi Nielsen & Møller, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Megacataetyx niki (Cohen, 1981)
acceptedseniornew
Cataetyx niki Cohen, 1981
synonymseniororiginal
! Cataetyx miki Cohen, 1981
synonymseniororiginal
Thermichthys hollisi (Cohen, Rosenblatt & Moser, 1990)
acceptedseniornew
Bythites hollisi Cohen, Rosenblatt & Moser, 1990
synonymseniororiginal
Gerhardia hollisi (Cohen, Rosenblatt & Moser, 1990)
synonymseniornew
Majungaichthys simplex Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
Majungaichthys agalegae Schwarzhans & Møller, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Majungaichthys simplex (non Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Ematops randalli (Cohen & Wourms, 1976)
acceptedseniornew
Microbrotula randalli Cohen & Wourms, 1976
synonymseniororiginal
Timorichthys disjunctus Nielsen & Schwarzhans, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Timorichthys angustus Nielsen, Okamoto & Schwarzhans, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Parasaccogaster normae (Cohen & Nielsen, 1972)
acceptedseniornew
Saccogaster normae Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraphyonus bolini (Nielsen, 1974)
acceptedseniornew
Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974
synonymseniororiginal
Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975)
acceptedseniornew
Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975
synonymseniororiginal
Paraphyonus solomonensis (Nielsen & Møller, 2008)
acceptedseniornew
Barathronus solomonensis Nielsen & Møller, 2008
synonymseniororiginal
Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraphyonus merretti Nielsen, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
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