Neobythites is a genus of cusk-eels.

Neobythites
Twospot Brotula (N. gilli)
Stripefin Brotula (N. marginatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Neobythites
Goode & Bean, 1885
Type species
Neobythites gilli
Goode & Bean, 1885[1]
Synonyms
  • Benthocometes Goode & Bean, 1896
  • Watasea Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Species edit

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Neobythites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Neobythites in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. ^ a b Ohashi, S., Nielsen, J.G. & Yabe, M. (2012): A new species of the ophidiid genus Neobythites (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) from Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 27-32.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Nielsen, Jørgen G. 1995. A review of the species of the genus Neobythites (Pisces: Ophidiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with a description of seven new species. Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 62. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. ISBN 0-86810-281-4
  5. ^ a b c d e 2023, Franz Uiblein, & Jørgen G. Nielsen; Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups Zootaxa 5336 (2): 179–205