Bidenichthys

Bidenichthys is a genus of viviparous brotulas.

Bidenichthys
Grey Brotula (B. consobrinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Tribe: Brosmophycini
Genus: Bidenichthys
Barnard, 1934
Type species
Bidenichthys capensis
Barnard, 1934
Synonyms

Fiordichthys Paulin, 1995

Etymology

The genus is named after C. Leo Biden, who collected one of the type specimens of Bidenichthys capensis and donated many specimens to the South African Museum.[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. https://etyfish.org/
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bidenichthys in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. Nielsen, JG; Cohen, DM; Markle, DF; Robins, CR (1999). FAO species catalog, Volume 18: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date (PDF). FAO species catalog. Vol. 18. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 118. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
  4. "ITIS standard report page: Bidenichthys beeblebroxi (Paulin, 1995)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  5. Møller, Peter R., Werner W. Schwarzhans, Henrik Lauridsen, and Jørgen G. Nielsen. 2021. "Bidenichthys okamotoi, a New Species of the Bythitidae (Ophidiiformes, Teleostei) from the Koko Seamount, Central North Pacific" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, no. 12: 1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9121399


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