Tuamotuichthys

Tuamotuichthys is a genus of viviparous brotula that lives in the Pacific Ocean.

Tuamotuichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Bythitinae
Genus: Tuamotuichthys
Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004
Type species
Tuamotuichthys bispinosus
Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2004[1]

Species

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

  • Tuamotuichthys bispinosus Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Two-spined slopebrotula)
  • Tuamotuichthys marshallensis J. G. Nielsen, Schwarzhans, Møller & J. E. Randall, 2006 (Marshall slopebrotula)
  • Tuamotuichthys schwarzhansi J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Tuamotuichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Tuamotuichthys in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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