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Brotula Cuvier, 1829 
AphiaID: 159065

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Ophidiidae (Family) > Brotulinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Brotulinae
Source  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Brotula barbata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Brotula clarkae Hubbs, 1944
Species Brotula flaviviridis Greenfield, 2005
Species Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula ordwayi Hildebrand & Barton, 1949
Species Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1900

Species Brotula armata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Hoplobrotula armata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Brotula borbonica Kaup, 1858 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula burbonensis Kaup, 1858 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula clarki Hubbs, 1944 accepted as Brotula clarkae Hubbs, 1944
Species Brotula ensiformis Günther, 1862 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula ferruginosus (Tickell, 1888) accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula formosae Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula imberbis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Sirembo imberbis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Brotula japonica Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula jayakari Günther, 1909 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula jerdoni Day, 1888 accepted as Sirembo jerdoni (Day, 1888)
Species Brotula marginalis Jenkins, 1901 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula muelleri Günther, 1909 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula multicirrata Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula palmietensis Smith, 1935 accepted as Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species Brotula piger (Alcock, 1890) accepted as Alionematichthys piger (Alcock, 1890)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159065
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-03-08 15:41:42Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Brotula Cuvier, 1829. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159065 on 2013-05-21
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