WoRMS taxon details
Stygnobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957
282910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282910)
accepted
Species
Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960 · unaccepted
Stignobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Böhlke, J. E. (1957). A new shallow-water brotulid fish from the Great Bahama Bank. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 295: 1-8. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stygnobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282910 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Böhlke, J. E. (1957). A new shallow-water brotulid fish from the Great Bahama Bank. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 295: 1-8. [details]
original description (of Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960) Boeseman, M. (1960). Notes on marine fishes from the Netherlands Antilles, with the description of a new species, Eutyx tumidifrons (Brotulidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 37(2): 11–16, Pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960) Boeseman, M. (1960). Notes on marine fishes from the Netherlands Antilles, with the description of a new species, Eutyx tumidifrons (Brotulidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 37(2): 11–16, Pl. 2. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | black brotula | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stygnobrotula latebricola)
To FishBase (from synonym Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stignobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stygnobrotula latebricola USNM 320889 radiograph caudal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stygnobrotula latebricola USNM 320889 radiograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stygnobrotula latebricola)
To FishBase (from synonym Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stignobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stygnobrotula latebricola USNM 320889 radiograph caudal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stygnobrotula latebricola USNM 320889 radiograph)
To ITIS