Bidenichthys is a genus of viviparous brotulas.
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| Grey Brotula (B. consobrinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Tribe: | Brosmophycini |
| Genus: | Bidenichthys Barnard, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Bidenichthys capensis Barnard, 1934
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| Synonyms | |
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Fiordichthys Paulin, 1995 | |
Etymology edit
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 edit
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Bidenichthys beeblebroxi Paulin, 1995: "Found in holes beneath rocks and boulders from the surface to 30 m around the North Island and northern part of South Island, New Zealand. Common."[3]
- Bidenichthys capensis Barnard, 1934 (Freetail brotula):[4] The type species for the genus; "intertidal in rocky tidepools from East London to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Uncommon."[3]
- Bidenichthys consobrinus (F. W. Hutton, 1876) (Grey brotula): "Rocky areas at depths of 30 to 178 m off northern New Zealand. Rare."[3]
- Bidenichthys okamotoi Møller, Schwarzhans, Lauridsen & Nielsen, 2021[5]
References edit
- ^ "The ETYFish Project". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bidenichthys in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ^ a b c 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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ITIS standard report page: Bidenichthys beeblebroxi (Paulin, 1995)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ 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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